Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. The western part of Ishtar Terra is a high volcanic plateau, Lakshmi Planum, named for the Indian goddess of prosperity and fortune. Lakshmi may turn out to be an extremely active place, since it contains two calderas of probable volcanic origin. Hippolyta Linea is an example. Hippolyta was Queen of the Amazons and wife of Theseus.
Regiones are circular areas of moderate topographic relief.
Circular features were recognized on the early radar reflectivity maps of Venus, but their origin is still uncertain. Judith A. Resnik. Sharon Christa McAuliffe. When the Soviet Venera missions were completed in the early 1980s, another small crater, Ariadne, superseded Eve as the definition for zero longitude. When Magellan reaches Venus, a large number of additional names unquestionably will be needed to identify features discriminated by its sophisticated radar sensor.