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Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Endurance Rupes on Mercury

Endurance Rupes

Feature Name	Endurance Rupes
Clean Name	Endurance Rupes
Feature ID	16100
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	23.07 °
Southernmost Latitude	19.70 °
Easternmost Longitude	215.23 °
Westernmost Longitude	219.98 °
Diameter	237.00 km
Center Latitude	21.60 °
Center Longitude	217.81 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	England
Quad	H-09 [pdf]
Reference	[648] - Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing: Basic Books, New York, 1959.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2022
Origin	British; a three-masted barquentine lead by Ernest Shackleton on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917).
Last Updated	Jan 27, 2023 9:31 PM

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