Santa María Rupes

Santa María Rupes
Feature type Rupes
Coordinates 5°30′N 19°42′W / 5.5°N 19.7°W / 5.5; -19.7Coordinates: 5°30′N 19°42′W / 5.5°N 19.7°W / 5.5; -19.7
Eponym Santa María

Santa María Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury at 5.5°N, 19.7°W. It is named after Santa María, a ship used by Christopher Columbus. The term "rupes" is the Latin word for cliff. And the name Santa María Rupes are named after the Santa Maria, the ship of Christopher Columbus because all rupes are named after the ships of famous explorers on Mercury.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/23/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.