Al-Uzza Undae

Al-Uzza Undae is one of the two major named dune fields on Venus.[1][2][3]

Its coordinates are 67.70 °N, 90.50 °W, and it is 150 km in diameter.[2][3] It is thought to be having recent activity.[3]

It was named after Ussa, an Arabian goddess of the desert.[1]

It was discovered by the NASA spacecraft Magellan in the early 1990s.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fourth International Planetary Dunes Workshop". www.hou.usra.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  2. ^ a b "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  3. ^ a b c Lorenz, Ralph D.; Zimbelman, James R. (2014), Lorenz, Ralph D.; Zimbelman, James R. (eds.), "Venus Dunes", Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 169–176, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-89725-5_14, ISBN 978-3-540-89725-5, retrieved 2025-12-11
  4. ^ Zimbelman, Timothy Titus, Serina Diniega, Lori K. Fenton, Lynn Neakrase, James (2021-12-22). "Planetary Dunes Tell of Otherworldly Winds". Eos. Retrieved 2025-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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