Akna Montes are a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
on
Venus
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centered at 68.9°N, 318.2°E and stretching 830 km long.
The Akna range is a north-south trending ridge belt that forms the western border of the elevated smooth plateau of
Lakshmi Planum. The Lakshmi plateau plains are formed by extensive volcanic eruptions and are bounded by mountain chains on all sides. The plains appear to be deformed near the mountains. This suggests that some of the mountain building activity occurred after the plains formed.
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Mountains on Venus
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