Аннотация:Within the area surveyed by Venera 15/16 many uplands and highlands with associated tectonism and volcanism are observed. Their diameters vary from 100 to 3000 km and the height reaches 4-5 km. It is suggested that these features may have formed as a result of the activity of hot nonlinear, more or less planimetrically equidimensional areas in the venusian mantle ie hot spots. The features of this group include dome-like uplands, exemplified by Beta Regio, and smaller features of this type as well as so-called coronae and arachnoids. Depending on the assumed formational models, this group can be extended by including the giant structure of Lakshmi plateau and its surrounding as well as some tesserae. Earth type of features is discussed in turn. -from Authors