Olympia Rupes (Mars)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Rupes, rupēs
IAU definition

Scarp

Diameter
1,197 km, 35 % of the radius of its body
Centre
86.04° N, 174.17° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
July 25, 2007
Origin of the name

Classical albedo feature name.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Olympia Rupes.

Observed by

Instruments whose footprint touches this formation, counted by the PDS Orbital Data Explorer (data frozen on September 29, 2026). A footprint that touches it is not a study of it.

Observed by
Mission and instrumentProductsFirstLast
Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter4,859September 15, 1997June 30, 2001
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Radio Science Subsystem2March 27, 1998March 30, 2015
Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera19,024June 4, 1998October 17, 2006
2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System150,010February 23, 2002November 26, 2025
ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer13,128January 31, 2004December 31, 2018
ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite4,472January 31, 2004January 12, 2024
ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera2,795March 23, 2004July 4, 2025
ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding26,286July 3, 2005December 28, 2021
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars249,483September 27, 2006March 27, 2022
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera5,667September 27, 2006October 19, 2025
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment11,732September 29, 2006November 14, 2025
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar22,501December 6, 2006February 7, 2026
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System22October 6, 2019January 25, 2023
Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B2,177no date publishedno date published

Sources

International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14299

Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms

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