Ozza Mons

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Ozza Mons, radar image from the Magellan probe

The Ozza Mons - Latin for mountain of the Ozza , after a Persian goddess worshiped by the Koreischites - is a shield volcano on Venus .

The volcano mountain is 507 kilometers wide. Its height is about six kilometers. It is located at 4.5 ° north latitude and 201 ° east longitude. Coordinates: 5 °  N , 159 °  W in the Atla Regio . Its solidified lava flows lie south of the mountain and their “sphere of activity” extends over around 300 kilometers. As with all volcanoes on Venus, there are no observed eruptions.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c USGS - Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Ozza Mons

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