High resolution can help determine if this is indeed a crater wall or the result of past tectonics. The implications of this being a crater would be the fact that an older, larger impact could be one of the events that caused a global catastrophic disruption in the tectonics and atmosphere.
Dark
Light
Pictured here appears to be the edge of a blast radius of a large meteorite impact crater with smaller and more recent cratering interrupting its circumference.
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_054474_1905
Related Posts
The Hanging Crater
Queen Amytis had her Hanging Gardens in Babylon, and Mars has its hanging crater! This impact crater appears…
A Tale of Collapse Terrain
North of Ganges Chasma lies Orson Welles Crater, whose floor contains broken up blocks we call chaotic terrain and which is the source for the major outflow channel Shalbatana Vallis.
Secondary Craters
This image of a southern mid-latitude crater was intended to investigate the lineated material on the crater floor. At the higher resolution of HiRISE, the image reveals a landscape peppered by small impact craters.
Dark Striations near Holmes Crater
Context Camera imagery reveals dark streaks extending east of minor crater rims within and around Holmes Crater.