Plana on Venus
4 named features carry the IAU descriptor Planum — a high plain or plateau on Venus, out of 49 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
4
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 0.2%
Largest
2,345 km
Lakshmi Planum
Median size
1,600 km
Across the 4 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–2003
IAU approval dates
How plana on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 4 plana with a recorded origin, 4 categories appear, led by India.
India1Armenian1Romania (Rumania)1Italy1
All 4 plana on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Plana elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 4 other worlds, for 45 more features.