Figure 6-52 A Map of Venus This false-color radar map of Venus, analogous to a topographic map of Earth, shows the large-scale surface features of the planet. The equator extends horizontally across the middle of the map. Color indicates elevation—red for highest, followed by orange, yellow, green, and blue for lowest. The planet’s highest mountain is Maxwell Montes on Ishtar Terra. Scorpion-shaped Aphrodite Terra, a continentlike highland, contains several spectacular volcanoes. Do not confuse the blue and green for oceans and land.