Colles on Venus
16 named features carry the IAU descriptor Collis — a small hill or knob on Venus, out of 44 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
16
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 0.8%
Largest
1,059 km
Akkruva Colles
Median size
409 km
Across the 16 with a measured diameter
Named between
1985–2003
IAU approval dates
How colles on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 16 colles with a recorded origin, 16 categories appear, led by Latin.
Latin1Russia1China1Roman1Greek1Phoenician1New Zealand1Lithuania1
All 16 colles on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Akkruva Colles1,059 kmChernava Colles1,000 kmT ien Hu Colles947 kmMena Colles850 kmMolpe Colles548 kmAsherat Colles500 kmUrutonga Colles500 kmJurate Colles418 kmNahete Colles400 kmRan Colles400 kmRuad Colles400 kmNuliayoq Colles350 kmSalofa Colles250 kmMigazesh Colles230 kmOlosa Colles200 kmMarake Colles150 km
Colles elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 2 other worlds, for 28 more features.