Rupes on Mars
27 named features carry the IAU descriptor Rupes — a scarp or cliff on Mars, out of 113 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
27
of 2,049 named places on Mars — 1.3%
Largest
2,493 km
Utopia Rupes
Median size
405 km
Across the 27 with a measured diameter
Named between
1973–2023
IAU approval dates
How rupes on Mars get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 27 rupes with a recorded origin, 7 categories appear, led by Greek.
Greek17Latin5Roman1Egypt1Babylon1Persian1Italy1
All 27 rupes on Mars
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Utopia Rupes2,493 kmOlympus Rupes1,915 kmHephaestus Rupes1,707 kmCydnus Rupes1,551 kmPromethei Rupes1,379 kmOlympia Rupes1,197 kmPanchaia Rupes1,113 kmClaritas Rupes953 kmRupes Tenuis669 kmThyles Rupes549 kmBosporos Rupes531 kmPityusa Rupes430 kmPhrixi Rupes413 kmChalcoporos Rupes405 kmMorpheos Rupes404 kmUlyxis Rupes383 kmArgyre Rupes335 kmAmenthes Rupes335 kmHiddekel Rupes313 kmAvernus Rupes223 kmPhison Rupes203 kmArimanes Rupes193 kmOgygis Rupes184 kmIcaria Rupes160 kmElysium Rupes141 kmNord Rupes140 kmTartarus Rupes97.5 km
Rupes elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 86 more features.