Turgis (crater)
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Turgis /ˈtɜːrdʒᵻs/ is the largest known crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus. It is 580 km in diameter,[1] 40% of the moon's diameter and one of the larger craters in the Solar System. It is named after a Saracen baron, Turgis of Turtelose (Tortosa).[1]
It is located in Cassini Regio at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] The rim has a scarp about 15 km high that generated a landslide.[2] It is overlain by Malun, the 13th-largest crater on Iapetus.
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Landslide in Malun crater
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Cassini Regio
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