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{{Short description|Planitia on Venus}}
{{Infobox feature on celestial object
|name        = Sedna Planitia
|image       = [[File:Mgn f45n019 1.gif|200px]]
|type        = Planitia
|coordinates = {{coord|42.7|N|340.7|E|globe:venus_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|diameter    = 3,570 km
|eponym      = [[Sedna (mythology)|Sedna]]
}}

'''Sedna Planitia''' is a large lowland area of [[Venus]], south of [[Ishtar Terra]].<ref>{{cite web
  |title=Magellan's Perspective View of Sedna Planitia, 45° N, 11° E
  |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA00307
  |publisher=NASA JPL
  |accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
  |last=Basilevsky
  |first=Alexander T.
  |author2=James W. Head
   |title=Regional and global stratigraphy of Venus: a preliminary assessment and implications for the geological history of Venus
  |journal=Planetary and Space Science
  |date=December 1995
  |volume=43
  |issue=12
  |series=12
  |pages=1523–1553
  |doi=10.1016/0032-0633(95)00070-4
  |bibcode = 1995P&SS...43.1523B }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  |title=Regional and global stratigraphy of Venus: a preliminary assessment and implications for the geologic history of Venus
  |url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1996/pdf/1035.pdf
  |publisher=Lunar and Planetary Institute, XXVII
  |accessdate=9 October 2011
  |author=A. T. Basilevsy
  |author2=J. W. Head
   |year=1996}}</ref> 
It is thought to be lava-covered and similar to a [[lunar mare]].  Its name is derived from the [[Sedna (mythology)|Inuit sea goddess]].

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