Vostok Rupes
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| Feature type | Rupes |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°53′S 340°24′W / 37.88°S 340.40°W[1] |
| Length | 124 km (77 mi)[1] |
| Eponym | Vostok[1] |
Vostok Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury. The scarp is a surface manifestation of a thrust fault, which formed when the planet contracted as its interior cooled.[2]
Vostok Rupes cuts across the crater Guido d'Arezzo and across a larger, unnamed crater to the northwest.
Vostok Rupes is named after Russian ship Vostok, which led the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821, commanded by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.[1]
