Maxwell Montes

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4415.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4415. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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The highest mountain range on Venus, situated in the upland region Ishtar Terra, and centered at 65.2 °N, 3.3 °E. It extends for 797 km, and contains the highest point on the planet, nearly 12 km above Venus's average surface level (comparable in this respect to Earth's Mount Everest). It is the only Venusian feature to bear a male name, honoring James Clerk Maxwell. The range showed up prominent...

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