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KOMPAS.com – Planet Earth has many volcanoes. Even so, Earth is not the planet with the most volcanoes.
Reported by page NASA, April 15, 2022, the planet that has the most volcanoes is Venus.
Venus is the second closest planet to the sun, orbiting at a distance of about 67 million miles (108 million kilometers).
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Venus is often called “Earth’s twin” because of its similar size and structure. But Venus has extreme surface heat and a dense, toxic atmosphere.
Planetary scientists have identified more than 1,600 large volcanoes or volcanic features on Venus.
Reported Space, Venus has more than 1,600 large volcanoes and could have more than 100,000 or even more than 1 million smaller ones.
But scientists debate whether there are still active volcanoes today.
That’s because the extreme pressure and temperature of the planet’s surface make it difficult to investigate the surface of Venus.
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Thousands of volcanoes
Quoted page NASA, The surface of Venus is in the form of valleys and high mountains dotted with thousands of volcanoes.
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