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Template:Infobox feature on Mercury Enterprise Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury, located at 36.54°S, 283.46°W. It is the longest rupes on Mercury, with a length of 820 kilometers (510 mi). The escarpment was named after the USS Enterprise, a ship which conducted the first surveys of the Mississippi and Amazon rivers.[1]

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  1. ^ "MESSENGER Team Names Ten Major Fault Scarps On Mercury". June 6, 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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