Volkova (Venus)

Named after Anna Volkova - Russian chemist (1800-1876).

Anna Feodorovna Volkova was a Russian chemist working predominantly with amides. During the late 1860s, she was educated in chemistry through public lectures at St. Petersburg University. She was the first woman to graduate as a chemist the first woman member of the Russian Chemical Society, the first Russian woman to publish a chemical work, and regarded as the first woman at all to publish her own chemical research from a modern chemical laboratory. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On Venus they are named after deceased women who have made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their field (if over 20 km). If smaller common female first names are used.

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NW 635 km

Renpet Mons

MRV
9 Hours 55 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 3 Hours

N 1402 km

Tursunoy

MRV
21 Hours 55 Minutes
Walking
11 Days 8 Hours

NE 2095 km

Laka Mons

MRV
1 Day 8 Hours
Walking
16 Days 23 Hours

W 971 km

Akka Tholus

MRV
15 Hours 11 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 20 Hours

Volkova

75.2° N 242.2° E

E 2028 km

Bachue Corona

MRV
1 Day 7 Hours
Walking
16 Days 10 Hours

SW 731 km

Batya

MRV
11 Hours 25 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 22 Hours

S 456 km

Okipeta Dorsa(next)

MRV
7 Hours 7 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 16 Hours

SE 1135 km

Upunusa Tholus

MRV
17 Hours 44 Minutes
Walking
9 Days 4 Hours

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