Skadi Mons
 Map of Maxwell Montes with Skadi Mons labeled | |
| Feature type | Mountain |
|---|---|
| Location | Central Ishtar Terra, Venus |
| Coordinates | 64°N 4°E / 64°N 4°E[1] |
| Peak |
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| Eponym | Skadi |
Skadi Mons /ˈskɑːði ˈmɒnz/ is a mountain on Venus in Maxwell Montes, at the center of Ishtar Terra. It is the highest point on the planet,[2] with an altitude of about 10,700 meters (about 35,000 feet) above the mean planetary radius.[3]
As the highest mountain of the Maxwell Montes and Venus altogether it is the coolest (about 380 °C or 716 °F) and least pressurised (about 45 bar or 44 atm) location on the surface of Venus.[4][5]
It is named after Skaði, the norse goddess of skiing (Öndurdís).[6] The word means "damage" or "shadow", being related to the name Scandinavia and maybe the underworld.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Skadi Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Beall, Abigail (2020-01-16). "Race to Venus: What we'll discover on Earth's toxic twin". BBC Science Focus Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ^ Warren, Haygen (2021-07-14). "Previewing EnVision: ESA's newest mission to Venus". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ^ Basilevsky A. T., Head J. W. (2003). "The surface of Venus". Reports on Progress in Physics. 66 (10): 1699–1734. Bibcode:2003RPPh...66.1699B. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/66/10/R04.
- ^ McGill G. E.; Stofan E. R.; Smrekar S. E. (2010). "Venus tectonics". In T. R. Watters; R. A. Schultz (eds.). Planetary Tectonics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 81–120. ISBN 978-0-521-76573-2. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Skadi Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ John McKinnell (2005). Meeting the other in Norse myth and legend. Ds Brewer. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-84384-042-8.
External links
[edit]- "Map of the region with names of the features" (PDF).
- "USGS Planetary Names – Ishtar Terra" (PDF). (USGS I-2490).
