Venera 3 first explored its surface and its highest point, the Maxwell Montes, is located on the "continent" Ishtar Terra.  
The subject of the so-called Schr?ter Effect, this astronomical body lacks a magnetic field.  Its lack of impact craters is explained by its thick atmosphere which causes meteors to decelerate as they fall toward its surface.  In 1672 Cassini gave the name Neith to this object, which he thought was a moon, though it is now known to have no satellites.  Venera 3 first explored its surface and its highest point, the Maxwell Montes, is located on the "continent" Ishtar Terra.  First visited by Mariner 2, FTP, name this planet, the second nearest the sun.
The subject of the so-called Schr?ter Effect, this astronomical body lacks a magnetic field.  
Venus