Turgis (crater)


Turgis is the second largest known crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus, after Abisme. It is 580 km in diameter, 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 .
It is located in Cassini Regio at. The rim has a scarp about 15 km high that generated a landslide.
It is overlain by Malun, the 13th-largest crater on Iapetus.

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