• after mythological names associated with Mercury; escarpments are called rupes and are named after the ships of famous explorers; long, narrow depressions...
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    South Pole Fram Rupes, an escarpment on Mercury Fram crater, a small crater on Mars, visited by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in 2004 Fram Basin,...
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  • Duyfken Rupes Eltanin Rupes Endeavour Rupes Enterprise Rupes Fram Rupes Gjöa Rupes Heemskerck Rupes Hero Rupes Kainan Rupes La Duaphine Rupes Mirni Rupes Nautilus...
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    attracted to a hypothetical "magnetic island" somewhere in the far north (see Rupes Nigra), or to Polaris, the pole star. The idea that Earth itself acts as...
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    visited the islands in 1820–21. Also named after Palmer's sloop Hero is Hero Rupes, an escarpment which was discovered in the southern hemisphere of the planet...
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    was named in 1910, long before the discovery of the wreck there. Terror Rupes an escarpment on Mercury Terror Street in the suburb of Keilor Park in Melbourne...
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    According to certain authors, the Jabal Qaf of Muslim cosmology is a version of Rupes Nigra, a mountain whose ascent, like Dante's climbing of the Mountain of...
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    ammunition. A 425 km-long (264 mi) scarp on Mercury has been named Belgica Rupes by the International Astronomical Union based on a suggestion by the MESSENGER...
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    Alexander Island in Antarctic, discovered by Bellingshausen in 1821. Vostok Rupes, a mountain chain on planet Mercury. Vostok Station, a Russian Antarctic...
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    Grimberg (in Swedish) : Svenska folkets underbara öden. 1, Forntid och medeltid fram till 1521 [The wonderous destinies of the Swedish people. 1, Ancient age...
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