Correction for the height of Maxwell Montes

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How wide is 36 nautical miles?

It's about six times as tall as Maxwell Montes

The height of Maxwell Montes is about 5.90 nautical miles.

(Ishtar Terra, Venus)

Maxwell Montes rises to a total height of 11 km. Since Venus does not seem to have the kind of tectonic activity which gives rise to mountains on Earth, the origin of the Venusian mountain remains the subject of some dispute.

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