Vostok Rupes Explained

Vostok Rupes
Type:Rupes
Coordinates:-37.88°N -340.4°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Eponym:Vostok

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vostok Rupes . USGS. July 17, 2022.
  2. Watters. Thomas R. . Solomon, Sean C. . Robinson, Mark S.. The tectonics of Mercury: The view after MESSENGER's first flyby. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2009. 285. 3-4. 283–296. 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.025. 2009E&PSL.285..283W. etal.

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