Lakshmi Planum is a

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ...

feature approximately 2 million km² ringed by rugged mountains, the surface of

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on the Western Ishtar Terra. It is named after

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, , ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity, beauty, fertility, sovereignty, and abundance. She along with Parvat ...

, the

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goddess of wealth. It is roughly above the mean planetary radius. Lakshmi Planum is ringed by intensely deformed terrain, some of which is shown in the southern portion of the image and is called Clotho Tessera. The plains of Lakshmi are made up of radar-dark, homogeneous, smooth lava flows.Catalog Page for PIA00241
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