🏔️ Discovery Rupes

Other · Other · 56.30°S, 38.30°E

Discovery Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury approximately 650 kilometers (400 mi) long and 2 kilometres (6,562 ft) high, located at latitude 56.3 S and longitude 38.3 W. It was formed by a thrust fault, thought to have occurred due to the shrinkage of the planet's core as it cooled over time. The scarp cuts through Rameau crater. It was discovered by Mariner 10.

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Country	Other
Continent / region	Other
Coordinates (approx.)	56.30°S, 38.30°E · view on map

Discovery Rupes is located in Other, in Other.

More escarpments in Other

Malta Escarpment · Victoria Rupes · Vostok Rupes.

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