Tesserae on Venus
65 named features carry the IAU descriptor Tessera — terrain deformed into a tile-like pattern of ridges and grooves on Venus. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
65
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 3.3%
Largest
4,200 km
Sudenitsa Tesserae
Median size
900 km
Across the 65 with a measured diameter
Named between
1982–2019
IAU approval dates
How tesserae on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 65 tesserae with a recorded origin, 34 categories appear, led by Greek.
Greek10Slavic5Roman4Egypt4Semitic3Lithuania3China3Hopi2
All 65 tesserae on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Sudenitsa Tesserae4,200 kmManatum Tessera3,800 kmFortuna Tessera2,801 kmHaasttse baad Tessera2,600 kmTellus Tessera2,329 kmAthena Tessera1,800 kmGegute Tessera1,600 kmCocomama Tessera1,600 kmChimon mana Tessera1,500 kmBathkol Tessera1,485 kmSenectus Tesserae1,400 kmTushita Tesserae1,400 kmDekla Tessera1,363 kmManzan Gurme Tesserae1,354 kmLahevhev Tesserae1,300 kmMinu Anni Tessera1,300 kmXi Wang mu Tessera1,300 kmShimti Tessera1,275 kmJyestha Tesserae1,252 kmLikho Tesserae1,200 kmNedolya Tesserae1,200 kmPasom mana Tesserae1,200 kmVako nana Tesserae1,200 kmYuki Onne Tessera1,200 kmDolya Tessera1,100 kmHusbishag Tesserae1,100 kmAnanke Tessera1,060 kmMeskhent Tessera1,056 kmKruchina Tesserae1,000 kmNuahine Tessera1,000 kmSnotra Tesserae1,000 kmLaima Tessera971 kmMamitu Tesserae900 kmOddibjord Tessera900 kmSalus Tessera850 kmLhamo Tessera800 kmVirilis Tesserae782 kmAdrasthea Tesserae750 kmGbadu Tessera700 kmNorna Tesserae700 kmLachesis Tessera664 kmKutue Tessera653 kmNortia Tesserae650 kmVerpeja Tesserae600 kmTyche Tessera575 kmIstustaya Tesserae505 kmSopdet Tesserae500 kmClidna Tessera500 kmSudice Tessera500 kmAtropos Tessera469 kmMeni Tessera454 kmUstrecha Tesserae450 kmZirka Tessera450 kmDou Mu Tesserae400 kmMago Halmi Tesserae400 kmItzpapalotl Tessera380 kmMafdet Tessera370 kmMoira Tessera361 kmNemesis Tesserae355 kmHumai Tessera350 kmGiltine Tesserae300 kmMagu Tessera300 kmClotho Tessera289 kmUrd Tessera250 kmShait Tessera220 km