Every effort was thus made during compilation and editing to check and re-check the accuracy of identifications, locations, dimensions, and tabulation. Instances of these types of errors are few, but these examples are offered as keys to recovering the data from the most likely occurrences of errors of this type. Another advantage that has resulted from limiting the initial survey analysis to two individuals has been an increased ability to reach agreements about definitions, identifications, and related problems during the actual survey. Although, the disadvantage of this approach might be that a wide range of individual interpretations and perspectives are not presented within the catalog, the advantage is that the Magellan Volcanic Feature Catalog is assembled with extreme attention to consistency. This consistency together with the descriptive comments for each feature should enable alternative definitions or divisions to be readily accommodated if desired.
All dimensions are diameters, unless otherwise noted, and are approximate.
Lava channel dimensions represent the length of channels. The diameters of large volcanoes are measured to the distal edges of the radial lava flows of median length. Diameters of coronae and arachnoids represent the mean diameter of the most prominent concentric ring. Few features on Venus are named as yet. Preliminary list of C1-MIDRs in which the feature appears.