Gula Mons

Computer simulation of the southwest side of Gula Mons from radar data . Image in false colors and with excessive topography .
The Gula Mons ( Latin for mountain of Gula , after the Babylonian earth mother and creator) is a shield volcano on Venus .
The volcano mountain is about three kilometers high and 276 kilometers wide. It is located 21 ° 54 ′ N , 0 ° 54 ′ W in the west of the Eistla Regio highlands . To the west of it is the smaller volcano Sif Mons . From Gula Mons, the Lineamente Guor Linea extend southeast towards the Sappho Patera volcano , at the other end of the elongated Eistla Regio.
Like Maat Mons, the Gula Mons is similar to the shield volcanoes in Hawaii . Eruptions have never been observed on Venus.