Lobate Scarp

Discovery Scarp (middle of image). Image source: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, photographed by Mariner 10 during it’s first encounter with Mercury

Landform on Mercury consisting of curving cliffs produced by compressional forces. These cliffs vary from 10s to 100s of km in length and from 100-3000 m in height.

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