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Turgis /ˈtɜrdʒɨs/ is the largest known crater on Saturn’s moon Iapetus. 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 (Tortosa).It is located in Cassini Regio at 16.9°N 28.4°W / 16.9; -28.4. The rim has a scarp about 15 km high that generated a landslide.It is overlain by Malun the 13th-largest crater on Iapetus.
