Venus: Maxwell Montes and the tessera terrain type 4.5
240 km wide Magellan image (65°North, 0°East) showing the edge of the radar-bright Maxwell Montes, the highest region on Venus (right). The volcanic plains to its west contain a surviving 60 km long piece of tessera terrain that juts out, island-like, above them.
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Image Credit: NASA
Text credit: David A Rothery