Adventure Rupes (Mercury)

English; one of Cook's ships on second voyage to the Pacific, 1772-75.

Adventure Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury approximately 270 kilometers long located in the southern hemisphere of Mercury. Discovered by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974, 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. Adventure Rupes has an arcuate shape with the scarp face on convex side of the arc. It has a relief of about 1.3 km and is a continuation of Resolution Rupes and Discovery Rupes along a rough arc, which extends for more than 1000 km. (wikipedia entry)

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

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NW 545 km

Ma Chih-Yuan

MRV
8 Hours 31 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 20 Hours

N 179 km

Rabelais(last)

MRV
2 Hours 48 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 6 Hours

NE 594 km

Khansa

MRV
9 Hours 17 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 10 Hours

W 999 km

Sei

MRV
15 Hours 37 Minutes
Walking
12 Days 13 Hours

Adventure Rupes

-65.48° N 294.7° E

E 629 km

Resolution Rupes

MRV
9 Hours 49 Minutes
Walking
7 Days 21 Hours

SW 390 km

Ōkyo

MRV
6 Hours 6 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 21 Hours

S 159 km

Camões(next)

MRV
2 Hours 29 Minutes
Walking
2 Days

SE 245 km

Holberg

MRV
3 Hours 50 Minutes
Walking
3 Days 2 Hours

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