VOLCANISM ON VENUS

'Volcanism on Venus' has produced more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system. It contains shield volcanoes, lava flows and some unusual volcanoes called pancake domes and "tick-like" structures. Even though there are over 1,600 major volcanoes on Venus, none are known to have erupted at present and are probably long extinct.^[1] However, radar sounding by the Magellan probe revealed evidence for comparatively recent volcanic activity at Venus's highest volcano Maat Mons, in the form of ash flows near the summit and on the northern flank.
Although many lines of evidence suggest that Venus is likely to be volcanically active, present-day eruptions at Maat Mons have not been confirmed.

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1. Volcanoes on Venus Retrieved on 2007-08-18