Astronomy:Gula Mons
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Short description: Volcano on Venus
| File:Gula Mons plan view, 779-,663,-116.jpg Radar image of Gula Mons | |
| Feature type | Volcano |
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| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 21°54′N 359°06′E / 21.9°N 359.1°E |
| Diameter | 276 km |
| Eponym | Gula |
Gula Mons is a volcano in western Eistla Regio on Venus; it is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) high and located at approximately 22 degrees north latitude, 359 degrees east longitude.[1][2] The name references the Babylonian earth mother or creative force.[2]
Topographic features
Its main feature is a NE-SW-oriented rift-like fracture set connecting two summit calderas.[3] There is also a structure which links the northern caldera and ridge system to Idem Kuva corona located NW of Gula Mons. Radially spreading lava flows which have digitate and broad sheet-like forms extend from the summit, including radar-dark flows which overlay several older lava deposits. Radial and circumferential fractures are present on the flanks.
References
- ↑ "Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Gula Mons" (in en-US). https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00234-venus-3-d-perspective-view-of-gula-mons/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Planetary Names". https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2276.
- ↑ Stofan, Ellen R.; Guest, John E.; Copp, Duncan L. (July 2001). "Development of Large Volcanoes on Venus: Constraints from Sif, Gula, and Kunapipi Montes" (in en). Icarus 152 (1): 75–95. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6633. ISSN 0019-1035. Bibcode: 2001Icar..152...75S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001Icar..152...75S/abstract.
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