Lakshmi Planum

 ( Surface Features Of Venus ) 

Lakshmi Planum is a plateau feature approximately 2 million km² ringed by rugged mountains, the surface of Venus on the Western Ishtar Terra. It is named after Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth.

It is roughly above the mean planetary radius, featuring two large oval depressions (Colette Patera and Sacajawea Patera).

The plains of Lakshmi are made up of radar-dark, homogeneous, smooth lava flows. Catalog Page for PIA00241

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. Catalog Page for PIA00240 File:PIA00085.jpg|Lineated plains in Lakshmi Region.Two sets of parallel lineations are seen intersecting almost at right angles File:Lakshmi Planum and Siddons Patera PIA00240.jpg|The radar smooth region in the northern part of the image is Lakshmi Planum, ringed by the intensely deformed terrain of Clotho Tessera. File:PIA00216 Venus - False Color of Sacajawea Petera.jpg|Sacajawea Patera, a large, elongate caldera on the smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum, approximately 1.2 km deep and 120 by 215 km in diameter.

• Lakshmi Planum, Venus: Characteristics and Models of Origin from Harvard University