Venus - Magellan
Western Maxwell Montes and Cleopatra Crater, Venus from
Magellan radar image of the western Maxwell Montes on
Lakshmi Planum, Venus. The Maxwell Montes are the highest
mountains on Venus, rising up to 11 km above the mean
planetary surface elevation. The 105 km diameter Cleopatra crater
can be seen near the center of the image North is up. . The distance from Cleopatra to the steep southwestern slopes of Maxwell
Montes is about 350 km.
(Magellan C2-MIDR 60N033;2,framelet 19)
Venus
Venus Geology and Geophysics
Magellan Mission
Impact Cratering