Claritas Rupes is a scarp in the

Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle The Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle is also referred to as MC-17 (Mars Chart-17). P ...

of Mars, located at 26° South and 105.4° West. It is 924 km long and was named after an albedo feature at 25S, 110W. The term "

Rupes Rupes (plural ) is the Latin word for 'cliff'. It is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments on other worlds. , the International Astronomical Union, IAU has named 62 such features in the Solar System, on Mercury (planet), Mercury (17 ...

" is used in

planetary geology Planetary geology, alternatively known as astrogeology or exogeology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of celestial bodies such as planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites. Although the geo- prefix t ...

to refer to an

escarpments An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations. Due to the similarity, the term '' scarp'' may mistakenly be incorrectly used inte ...

or cliff on Mars and other planets. It is the Latin word for cliff.

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Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle Cliffs on Mars {{Mars-stub