Claritas Rupes

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.

Claritas Rupes

Claritas Rupes based on THEMIS day-time image
Coordinates	26°S 105.4°W / -26; -105.4

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

References

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