Feature type Rupes | ||
Eponym Ship conducted the first surveys of the Mississippi and Amazon rivers | ||
Enterprise Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury, located at 36.54°S, 283.46°W. It is the longest rupes on Mercury, with a length of 820 kilometers (510 mi). The escarpment was named after the USS Enterprise, a ship which conducted the first surveys of the Mississippi and Amazon rivers.
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