Dorsa on Venus
99 named features carry the IAU descriptor Dorsum — a ridge on Venus, out of 184 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
99
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 5.0%
Largest
3,345 km
Vedma Dorsa
Median size
807 km
Across the 99 with a measured diameter
Named between
1985–2009
IAU approval dates
How dorsa on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 98 dorsa with a recorded origin, 49 categories appear, led by Slavic.
Slavic9Siberia8Greek6Lithuania5Latvia4India4American4Hopi3
All 99 dorsa on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Vedma Dorsa3,345 kmUnelanuhi Dorsa2,600 kmNuvakchin Dorsa2,200 kmRokapi Dorsa2,200 kmIris Dorsa2,050 kmLemkechen Dorsa2,000 kmNephele Dorsa1,937 kmKotsmanyako Dorsa1,900 kmSinanevt Dorsa1,800 kmAhsonnutli Dorsa1,708 kmVejas mate Dorsa1,600 kmLukelong Dorsa1,566 kmLauma Dorsa1,517 kmPoludnitsa Dorsa1,500 kmTinianavyt Dorsa1,500 kmEtain Dorsa1,400 kmSaule Dorsa1,375 kmMetelitsa Dorsa1,300 kmPandrosos Dorsa1,254 kmAditi Dorsa1,200 kmBarbale Dorsa1,200 kmKastiatsi Dorsa1,200 kmOkipeta Dorsa1,200 kmYalyane Dorsa1,200 kmNambi Dorsum1,125 kmKuldurok Dorsa1,100 kmLaverna Dorsa1,100 kmTsovinar Dorsa1,100 kmZaryanitsa Dorsa1,100 kmYumyn Udyr Dorsa1,086 kmZorile Dorsa1,041 kmAchek Dorsa1,000 kmTukwunag Dorsa1,000 kmTikoiwuti Dorsa1,000 kmSurupa Dorsa981 kmDudumitsa Dorsa980 kmTomem Dorsa970 kmNaatse elit Dorsa950 kmRagana Dorsa950 kmSpidola Dorsa950 kmMardezh Ava Dorsa906 kmAmitolane Dorsa900 kmAkewa Dorsa900 kmSogbo Dorsa900 kmFrigg Dorsa896 kmDennitsa Dorsa872 kmAusra Dorsa859 kmZimcerla Dorsa850 kmHera Dorsa813 kmBezlea Dorsa807 kmAkuanda Dorsa800 kmAbe Mango Dorsa800 kmNatami Dorsa800 kmShishimora Dorsa800 kmUni Dorsa800 kmMenkerot Dorsa770 kmVarma Ava Dorsa767 kmAllat Dorsa750 kmAlkonost Dorsa730 kmSirona Dorsa700 kmVetsorgo Dorsum700 kmDyan Mu Dorsa687 kmDylacha Dorsa650 kmPulugu Dorsa650 kmSiksaup Dorsa650 kmBen Dorsa628 kmChih Nu Dorsum625 kmDodola Dorsa607 kmUrkuk Dorsa600 kmBiliku Dorsa600 kmNaran Dorsa600 kmIyele Dorsa595 kmKamari Dorsa589 kmHemera Dorsa587 kmAnpao Dorsa550 kmBoszorkany Dorsa550 kmCharykh Keyok Dorsa550 kmNichka Dorsa550 kmOshumare Dorsa550 kmVaiva Dorsum520 kmSemuni Dorsa514 kmKadlu Dorsa500 kmLumo Dorsa500 kmSunna Dorsa500 kmWala Dorsa500 kmOya Dorsa480 kmSige Dorsa478 kmFulgora Dorsa463 kmAida Wedo Dorsa450 kmNorwan Dorsa450 kmSalme Dorsa447 kmArev Dorsa420 kmAsiaq Dorsa400 kmOjuz Dorsa400 kmUnuk Dorsa400 kmAuska Dorsum361 kmKalm Dorsa300 kmOdzerchen Dorsa300 kmKhadne Dorsa220 km
Dorsa elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 7 other worlds, for 85 more features.