Enterprise Rupes is an

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on Mercury, located at 36.54°S, 283.46°W. It is the longest rupes on Mercury, with a length of . The escarpment was named after , a ship which conducted the first surveys of the

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and

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rivers.

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{{Mercury-planet-stub Scarps on Mercury