This is a list of montes (mountains, singular mons) on the planet Venus. The largest peaks are clustered in the northern hemisphere of the planet. Four major mountain ranges of Venus are Akna Montes, Danu Montes, Freyja Montes, and Maxwell Montes. They are on the Ishtar Terra, surrounding the Lakshmi Planum.

There are 118 mons and montes currently recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Six features were formerly classified as mons but have since been reclassified or removed from nomenclature entirely. Notably, Skadi Mons, which was once believed to be the tallest peak on Venus, has since been labeled as a misidentified feature after it was determined in 2025 that it does not correspond to any summit or distinct topographic feature.

Venusian mountain belts are typically characterized by having many parallel ridges and troughs, similar to the mountain ranges on Earth. These mountain ranges appear to have been formed by the compressive tectonic folding and buckling of Venus's crust, similar to mountain formation on Earth. However, Venusian mountains have steep slopes due to a lack of erosion; there exist no rivers or glaciers to erode the mountains, and other causes of erosion found on Earth are also absent on Venus.

Venusian mountains are all named after goddesses in the mythologies of various cultures, except for the Maxwell Montes, which is named after the physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

Montes Name Coordinates Diam. (km) AS Origin Abeona Mons 375 (1) Abeona, Roman goddess of travelers Akna Montes 830 (1) Akna, Mayan goddess of birth Aleksota Mons 250 (1) Aleksota, Lithuanian goddess of love Anala Mons 525 (1) Anala (Hindu), Hindu fertility goddess. Name changed from Anala Corona. Api Mons 190 (1) Api, Scythian goddess of earthArasy Mons69.0(1)Arasy, Guarani (Paraguay) moon goddess Atai Mons 250 (1) Atai, Efik (Ghana) wife of sky god Abassi Atanua Mons 1000 (1) Atanua, dawn goddess from Marquesas Islands Atira Mons 152 (1) Atira, Pawnee wife of Great Spirit Tirawa Atsyrkhus Mons 170 (1) Atsyrkhus (Ossetian people of central Asia), Ossetian, daughter of sun god Khur Awenhai Mons 100 (1) Awenhai, Mohawk/Iroquois fertility goddess Bagbartu Mons 600 (1) Bagbartu (Urartian), Urartu goddess, worshipped at Musasir Bécuma Mons 0 (1) Bécuma (Celtic), Irish dawn goddess Bunzi Mons 36 (1) Bunzi (Woyo people of Dem. Rep. Congo), Woyo (Zaire) rainbow goddess Chloris Mons 180 (1) Chloris, Greek flower goddess Chuginadak Mons 450 (1) Chuginadak (Aleut Inuit), Aleutian volcano goddess Cipactli Mons 200 (1) Cipactli, Aztec crocodile-like monster-goddess from which the earth was created Ciuacoatl Mons 100 (1) Ciuacoatl, Aztec earth goddess. Changed from Ciuacoatl CoronaCopacati Mons80(1)Copacati, Incan lake goddess Danu Montes 808 (1) Danu (Celtic), Celtic mother of gods Dzalarhons Mons 120 (1) Dzalarhons (Haida people of North America), Haida (NW Coast) volcano goddess Egle Mons 110 (1) Eglė, Lithuanian underwater queen Eostre Mons 26 (1) Eostre (Germanic), Teutonic goddess of spring Erzulie Mons 300 (1) Erzulie (Haitian), Haitian voodoo goddess of love Fand Mons 300 (1) Fand (Celtic), Celtic goddess of healing and pleasure Faravari Mons 500 (1) Faravari (Malagasy), Malagasy (Madagascar) water goddessFirtos Mons143(1)Firtos, Hungarian diminished goddess, queen of the good fairies. Freyja Montes 579 (1) Freyja, Norse fertility goddess Gauri Mons 75 (1) Gauri (Hindu), Indian mountain goddess Gula Mons 276 (1) Gula (Babylonian), Mesopotamian medicine goddess Gurshi Mons 210 (1) Gurshi (Buryat), Buryatian fishing deity Gwen Mons 200 (1) Irish goddess of happiness and smiles Hallgerda Mons 57 (1) Hallgerda (Norse), Icelandic goddess of vanity Hathor Mons 333 (1) Hathor (Egyptian), Egyptian sky goddess Idunn Mons 250 (1) Idun, Norse goddess Ilithyia Mons 90 (1) Ilithyia, Greek goddess of childbirth Innini Mons 339 (1) Innini, Babylonian earth mother worshipped at Kish Irnini Mons 475 (1) Irnini, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of cedar-tree mountains Iseghey Mons 500 (1) Iseghey (Sakha people of Russia), Yakutian/Saha goddess of cows Ixtab Mons 80 (1) Ixtab, Mayan goddess of death Jael Mons 36 (1) Jael, Hebrew biblical heroine Kali Mons 325 (1) Kali (Hindu), Hindu goddess, mother of death Katl-Imi Mons 120 (1) Katl-Imi, Khanty sun goddess Kokyanwuti Mons 400 (1) Kokyanwuti (Hopi people of North America), Hopi earth goddess – "Spider Woman"Kono Mons350(1)Senufu (Mali, Cote d’Ivoire), goddess of wild birds Kshumay Mons 250 (1) Kshumay (Nurestan, Afghanistan), Nuristan (NE Afghanistan) vegetation goddess Kunapipi Mons 220 (1) Kunapipi (Australian aborigine), Australian mother earth goddess. Changed from Kunapipi Corona. Kurukulla Mons 59 (1) Kurukulla (Tibetan), Etan (Tibet) goddess of wealth Lahar Mons 225 (1) Lahar, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of domestic animals Laka Mons 220 (1) Laka (Hawaiian), Hawaiian uncultivated area goddess Lamashtu Mons 260 (1) Lamashtu (Sumerian), Sumerian goddess who inflicted children with diseases Lanig Mons 400 (1) Lanig (Semang people of the Malay Peninsula), Semang (Malay Peninsula) creator goddess Loo-Wit Mons 150 (1) Loowit (Multnomah and Klikitat people of North America), Multnomah and Klikitat (NW Coast) volcano goddess, embodied in Mt. St. Helens Maat Mons 395 (1) Ma'at (Egyptian), Ancient Egyptian goddess of truth and justice Maxwell Montes 797 (1) James Clerk Maxwell, British physicist (1831–1879) Mbokomu Mons 460 (1) Mbokomu, ancestor goddess of the Ngombe (Zaire) Melia Mons 311 (1) Greek nymph Mem Loimis Mons 300 (1) Wintun (California) goddess Mertseger Mons 450 (1) Mertseger，Snake goddess of the Theban Necropolis Metis Mons 920 (1) Greek Titaness Mielikki Mons 450 (1) Mielikki, Finnish forest goddess Milda Mons 48 (1) Milda, Lithuanian goddess of love Mokosha Mons 270 (1) East Slavic main goddess Muhongo Mons 175 (1) Mbundu (Angola) ancestor deity Muta Mons 54 (1) Roman goddess of silence Nahas-tsan Mons 500 (1) Navajo Mother Earth Nayunuwi Montes 900 (1) Cherokee stone-clad female monster Nazit Mons 350 (1) Nazit, Egyptian winged serpent goddess Ne Ngam Mons 200 (1) Lao world creator goddess Nepthys Mons 350 (1) Nepthys, Egyptian goddess of barren lands Nijole Mons 150 (1) Lithuanian underworld goddess. Spelling changed from Niola Mons. Ninisinna Mons 110 (1) Mesopotamian goddess of health and healing Nokomis Montes 486 (1) Algonquin (N. America) earth mother Nyx Mons 875 (1) Nyx, Greek goddess of night Ongwuti Mons 500 (1) Hopi salt-woman deity who predicts seasons Ozza Mons 507 (1) Persian goddess honored by the Qurayshies Pahto Mons 300 (1) Yakima/Klickitat (NW Coast) mountain deity Polik-mana Mons 600 (1) Polik-mana, Hopi butterfly maiden ('kachina') Ptesanwi Mons 200 (1) Ptesanwi, Lakota (Sioux) White Buffalo Woman Rakapila Mons 130 (1) Malagasy (Madagascar) sacred tree deity Renpet Mons 300 (1) Renpet, Egyptian goddess of springtime and youth Rhea Mons 217 (1) Greek Titaness Rhpisunt Mons 250 (1) Haida (NW Coast) Bear Mother deity Sakwap-mana Mons 500 (1) Hopi maiden of blue corn ('kachina') Samodiva Mons 200 (1) Bulgarian winged water deity Sapas Mons 217 (1) Canaanite sun goddess Sarasvati Mons 200 (1) Saraswati, Hindu river goddess Sekmet Mons 285 (1) Sekmet, Ancient Egyptian goddess of war and battle Sephira Mons 275 (1) Spanish goddess of intelligence and creativity Shala Mons 90 (1) Shala, Canaanite storm goddess Siduri Mons 105 (1) Siduri, Babylonian goddess of wine and wisdom Sif Mons 200 (1) Sif, Teutonic goddess; Thor's wife Somagalags Montes 105 (1) Bella Coola earth mother. Name changed from Somagalags Corona. Spandarmat Mons 400 (1) Iranian mother goddess Talakin Mons 175 (1) Navajo (USA) goddess Tefnut Mons 182 (1) Ancient Egyptian goddess of dew or rain Tepev Mons 301 (1) Quiche Mayan creator goddess Thallo Mons 216 (1) Thallo, Greek goddess of vegetation flowering (Spring Hora) Theia Mons 226 (1) Greek Titaness Toma Mons 80 (1) Tibetan goddess of intelligence and creativity Tsan Nu Mons 310 (1) Chinese goddess of silkworms Tuli Mons 750 (1) Samoan goddess of creation Tuulikki Mons 520 (1) Finnish wood goddess Tuzandi Mons 200 (1) Palaun (Mon-Khmer of Burma/Myanmar) ancestor deity Ua-ogrere Mons 200 (1) Kivai (New Guinea) ancestor deity, oldest woman who "ever existed" Uretsete Mons 500 (1) Keresan Pueblo ancestor goddess Ushas Mons 413 (1) Ushas, Hindu goddess of dawn Uti Hiata Mons 500 (1) Pawnee Mother Corn deity Var Mons 1000 (1) Scandinavian love goddess Venilia Mons 320 (1) Venilia, Roman divinity associated with the winds and sea Vostrukha Mons 180 (1) Belarusian deity of home Waka Mons 60 (1) Waka, Polynesian lizard goddess Wyrd Mons 150 (1) Wyrd, Anglo-Saxon weaving goddess Xochiquetzal Mons 80 (1) Xochiquetzal, Aztec goddess of flowers Xtoh Mons 110 (1) Quiche (Guatemala) goddess of weather and rain Yolkai-Estsan Mons 600 (1) Navajo myth female deity Yunya-mana Mons 500 (1) Hopi prickly pear cactus maiden Zaltu Mons 220 (1) Assyro-Babylonian goddess Key DIAM — Longest dimension of feature in kilometres AS — Approval status (1) — Adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly (2) — Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) approval (3) — Dropped, no longer in use

See also Skadi Mons, formerly thought to be the tallest mountain on Venus Venusian geography Volcanism on Venus List of coronae on Venus List of craters on Venus List of tallest mountains in the Solar System List of mountains on Mars by height

References

External links BBC: Venus has 'heavy metal mountains' USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Advanced Nomenclature Search