Victoria Rupes
![]() Oblique MESSENGER NAC image | |
Feature type | Rupes |
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Coordinates | 50°54′N 31°06′W / 50.9°N 31.1°WCoordinates: 50°54′N 31°06′W / 50.9°N 31.1°W |
Eponym | Victoria, a ship used on Ferdinand Magellan's expedition |
Victoria Rupes is an escarpment in the Victoria quadrangle of Mercury. The quadrangle was named after this escarpment, and the escarpment itself was named after the Victoria, a ship used on the famous expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976.[1]
The escarpment cuts across Enheduanna crater at its southern end and across an unnamed crater near its center.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Victoria_Rupes_and_Sor_Juana_crater_EW0236531373G.jpg/240px-Victoria_Rupes_and_Sor_Juana_crater_EW0236531373G.jpg)
Victoria Rupes trends north-south across the center of this MESSENGER image. Sor Juana crater is in the background.
References[]
- ^ "Victoria Rupes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
Categories:
- Scarps on Mercury
- Mercury (planet) stubs