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Olympus Rupes

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Feature type
  
Cliff

Discoverer
  
Mariner 9

Location
  
Olympus Mons

Olympus Rupes

Eponym
  
Latin - Mount Olympus and rupes, Latin for "cliff"

Olympus Rupes is a group of cliffs along the northern face of Olympus Mons, the largest mountain on Mars and the largest volcano in the Solar System. It also forms the northern border of the mountain.

References

Olympus Rupes Wikipedia