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Claritas Rupes

Claritas Rupes

Geologic feature of Mars

Claritas Rupes is a scarp in the Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle of Mars, located at 26° South and 105.4° West. It is 924 km long and was named after an albedo feature at 25S, 110W.[1] The term "Rupes" is used in planetary geology to refer to an escarpments or cliff on Mars and other planets.[2] It is the Latin word for cliff.

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Claritas Rupes, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see layers. Scale bar is 1000 meters long.

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    "Home". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov.
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    "Planetary Names: Feature Types".


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