Lakshmi Planum

Lakshmi Planum is a plateau feature approximately 2 million km² ringed by rugged mountains,^[1][2] the surface of Venus on the Western Ishtar Terra.^[3] It is named after Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth.

Lakshmi Planum

Lakshmi Planum in dark red, in a topographically coloured radar image of Ishtar Terra
Feature type	Planum
Coordinates	68.6°N 339.3°E / 68.6; 339.3
Diameter	2,345.0 km
Eponym	Lakshmi

It is roughly 3.5 to 5 kilometers (2.2 to 3.1 mi) above the mean planetary radius, featuring two large oval depressions (Colette and Sacajawea).^[2]

The plains of Lakshmi are made up of radar-dark, homogeneous, smooth lava flows.^[4]

Lakshmi Planum is ringed by intensely deformed terrain,^[5] some of which is shown in the southern portion of the image and is called Clotho Tessera.^[6]

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  Lineated plains in Lakshmi Region.Two sets of parallel lineations are seen intersecting almost at right angles
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  The radar smooth region in the northern part of the image is Lakshmi Planum, ringed by the intensely deformed terrain of Clotho Tessera.
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  Sacajawea Patera, a large, elongate caldera on the smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum, approximately 1.2 km deep and 120 by 215 km in diameter.