Claritas Rupes based onTHEMIS day-time image | |
| Coordinates | 26°00′S105°24′W / 26°S 105.4°W /-26; -105.4 |
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Claritas Rupes is a scarp in thePhoenicis Lacus quadrangle of Mars, located at 26° South and 105.4° West. It is 924 km long and was named after an albedo feature at 25S, 110W.[1] The term "Rupes" is used inplanetary geology to refer to anescarpments or cliff on Mars and other planets.[2] It is the Latin word for cliff.