Fluctus on Venus
54 named features carry the IAU descriptor Fluctus — a flow of erupted material on Venus, out of 81 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
54
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 2.7%
Largest
1,300 km
Vut Ami Fluctus
Median size
600 km
Across the 53 with a measured diameter
Named between
1991–2023
IAU approval dates
How fluctus on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 54 fluctus with a recorded origin, 37 categories appear, led by Egypt.
Egypt6Siberia4Japan3Roman3Tonga2Nicaragua2Peru2Caucasus2
All 54 fluctus on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Vut Ami Fluctus1,300 kmMylitta Fluctus1,250 kmMortim Ekva Fluctus1,250 kmKaiwan Fluctus1,200 kmBolotnitsa Fluctus1,100 kmNingyo Fluctus970 kmArgimpasa Fluctus950 kmNey Anki Fluctus950 kmJuturna Fluctus900 kmIlaheva Fluctus900 kmItoki Fluctus900 kmMamapacha Fluctus900 kmOilule Fluctus900 kmSyvne Fluctus900 kmKasogonaga Fluctus850 kmNambubi Fluctus850 kmCavillaca Fluctus800 kmTsunghi Fluctus800 kmDarago Fluctus775 kmPraurime Fluctus750 kmRafara Fluctus700 kmSobra Fluctus700 kmUilata Fluctus700 kmUzume Fluctus700 kmMerisa Fluctus630 kmArubani Fluctus620 kmEriu Fluctus600 kmHikuleo Fluctus600 kmTie Fluctus550 kmUbastet Fluctus550 kmDotetem Fluctus530 kmAlpan Fluctus500 kmTurgmam Fluctus500 kmStrenia Fluctus490 kmHenwen Fluctus485 kmSonmunde Fluctus400 kmNekhebet Fluctus400 kmKoti Fluctus400 kmHeloha Fluctus375 kmMedb Fluctus350 kmKaapaau Fluctus350 kmKunkubey Fluctus350 kmOvda Fluctus310 kmDjabran Fluctus300 kmZipaltonal Fluctus290 kmSaosis Fluctus282 kmDjata Fluctus280 kmYagami Fluctus260 kmNyakaya Fluctus253 kmMert Fluctus250 kmRobigo Fluctus233 kmNaunet Fluctus200 kmSicasica Fluctus175 kmNeago Fluctus49.3° N, 9.0° W
Fluctus elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 3 other worlds, for 27 more features.