Rupes on the Moon
These are escarpments in the surface.
(Escarpment face of a slope broken by a fault.)
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Name – Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension (km / miles)
Rupes Altai – Altai Mountains / 24.3°S 22.6°E / 427.0 km / 267 miles  (photo)
Rupes Boris – Crater Boris / 30.5°N 33.5°W / 4.0 km / 3 miles
Rupes Cauchy – Crater Cauchy / 9.0°N 37.0°E / 120.0 km / 75 miles
Rupes Kelvin – Promontorium Kelvin / 27.3°S 33.1°W / 78.0 km / 49 miles
Rupes Liebig – Crater Liebig / 25.0°S 46.0°W / 180.0 km / 113 miles
Rupes Mercator – Crater Mercator / 31.0°S 22.3°W / 93.0 km / 58 miles
Rupes Recta – Latin for “straight cliff” / 22.1°S 7.8°W / 134.0 km / 84 miles
Rupes Toscanelli – Crater Toscanelli / 27.4°N 47.5°W / 70.0 km / 44 miles
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