Sif Mons

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Computer generated view of the north side by Sif Mons. Image in false colors .

The Sif Mons ( Latin for mountain of Sif , the Nordic goddess of vegetation) is a shield volcano on Venus .

The volcano mountain is about two kilometers high and 200 kilometers wide. It is located 22 ° North and 352.4 ° East. Coordinates: 22 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 36'  W in the west of the Eistla Regio highlands . To the east of it there is the even larger volcano Gula Mons . Eruptions have never been observed on Venus.