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formation and composition
...continental margins (e.g., the Pacific margin) as well as older metamorphic belts are used to infer the geometries of the continental margins at earlier periods in Earth history. Most of the world’s mountain belts are at least partially composed of regionally metamorphosed rocks, with spectacular examples provided by the Alps, the Himalayas, the northern Appalachians, and the Highlands of...
Found in the terrae, Venus’s mountain belts are in some ways similar to ones on Earth such as the Himalayas of Asia and the Andes of South America. Among the best examples are those that encircle Lakshmi Planum, which in addition to Maxwell Montes include Freyja, Akna, and Danu Montes. Maxwell Montes is particularly broad and comparable in size to the Himalayas.