Scopuli on Mars
13 named features carry the IAU descriptor Scopulus — an irregular scarp on Mars. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
13
of 2,049 named places on Mars — 0.6%
Largest
1,425 km
Oenotria Scopuli
Median size
551 km
Across the 13 with a measured diameter
Named between
1976–2006
IAU approval dates
How scopuli on Mars get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 13 scopuli with a recorded origin, 3 categories appear, led by Latin.
Latin6Greek6Roman1
All 13 scopuli on Mars
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.