Akna Montes
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Akna Montes are a mountain range
on Venus
centered at 68.9°N, 318.2°E and stretching 830 km long.
The Akna range is a north-south trending ridge belt that forms the western border of the elevated smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum
. The Lakshmi plateau plains are formed by extensive volcanic eruptions and are bounded by mountain chains on all sides. The plains appear to be deformed near the mountains. This suggests that some of the mountain building activity occurred after the plains formed.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
on Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
centered at 68.9°N, 318.2°E and stretching 830 km long.
The Akna range is a north-south trending ridge belt that forms the western border of the elevated smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum
Lakshmi Planum
Lakshmi Planum is a plateau feature on the surface of Venus on the Western Ishtar Terra. It is named after Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth.It is roughly above the mean planetary radius...
. The Lakshmi plateau plains are formed by extensive volcanic eruptions and are bounded by mountain chains on all sides. The plains appear to be deformed near the mountains. This suggests that some of the mountain building activity occurred after the plains formed.