Rupes on Venus
7 named features carry the IAU descriptor Rupes — a scarp or cliff on Venus, out of 113 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
7
of 1,985 named places on Venus — 0.4%
Largest
2,000 km
Vaidilute Rupes
Median size
729 km
Across the 7 with a measured diameter
Named between
1982–1997
IAU approval dates
How rupes on Venus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 7 rupes with a recorded origin, 5 categories appear, led by Lithuania.
Lithuania2Roman2Caucasus1Turkmenistan1Greek1
All 7 rupes on Venus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Rupes elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 106 more features.