Beagle Rupes (Mercury)

British; naval vessel aboard which Charles Darwin served as a naturalist on a surveying expedition, 1831-1836.

Beagle Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury, one of the highest and longest yet seen. It was discovered in 2008 when MESSENGER made its first flyby of the planet. It has an arcuate shape and is about 600 km long. The scarp is a surface manifestation of a thrust fault, which formed when the planet contracted as its interior cooled. (wikipedia entry)

A rupes is a scarp. On Mercury they are named after ships of discovery or scientific expeditions.

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NW 18 km

Sveinsdóttir(last)

Walking
5 Hours 34 Minutes

N 77 km

Lange

MRV
1 Hour 12 Minutes
Walking
23 Hours 11 Minutes

NE 599 km

Eminescu

MRV
9 Hours 22 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 12 Hours

W 457 km

Pieria

MRV
7 Hours 8 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 17 Hours

Beagle Rupes

-3.45° N 100.74° E

E 270 km

Izquierdo

MRV
4 Hours 13 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 9 Hours

SW 279 km

Ruysch

MRV
4 Hours 22 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 12 Hours

S 410 km

Grainger

MRV
6 Hours 25 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 3 Hours

SE 786 km

Amaral

MRV
12 Hours 17 Minutes
Walking
9 Days 20 Hours

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