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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
15672	Al-Idrisi Montes	Al-Idrisi Montes	Pluto	383.00	33.99	156.01	42.13	24.69	163.00	151.44	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Arabian	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Ash-Sharīf al-Idrīsī; Arabian mapmaker and geographer (1100–1165/66).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15751	Baret Montes	Baret Montes	Pluto	170.39	14.60	157.80	18.70	10.49	161.30	154.29	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	France	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Apr 26, 2018	[475]	Jeanne Baret (Baré); first woman to have completed circumnavigation voyage of the globe (1740-1807).	None	Apr 26, 2018
16036	Coleman Mons	Coleman Mons	Pluto	32.00	-24.17	167.98	-23.40	-24.93	168.54	167.42	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Sep 02, 2021	[629]	Elizabeth “Bessie”; early American aviator and the first woman of African-American and Native American descent to earn a pilot’s license (1892-1926).	None	Dec 16, 2021
15837	Elcano Montes	Elcano Montes	Pluto	488.00	-26.04	143.70	-14.62	-37.45	148.80	138.60	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Spain	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[526]	Juan Sebastián; Spanish explorer of Basque origin, who completed in 1522 the first circumnavigation of the Earth which started in 1519 under the leadership of Magellan (c.1476–1526).	None	May 31, 2019
15671	Hillary Montes	Hillary Montes	Pluto	388.00	3.26	169.58	10.12	-6.58	175.98	161.84	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Oceania	New Zealand	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Edmund; New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15834	Piccard Mons	Piccard Mons	Pluto	257.00	-35.26	176.79	-29.20	-41.32	182.65	170.92	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Switzerland	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[523]	Auguste; Swiss-Belgian inventor and physicist known for his pioneering balloon flights into the Earth’s upper atmosphere up to 17 km (1884–1962).	None	May 31, 2019
15836	Pigafetta Montes	Pigafetta Montes	Pluto	234.00	-6.83	146.44	-1.21	-12.45	148.54	144.33	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[525]	Antonio; Italian scholar and explorer, whose journal is the only original description of the discoveries made during the first circumnavigation of the Earth which started in Spain in 1519 under the leadership of Magellan (c.1491 – c.1531).	None	May 31, 2019
15866	Tabei Montes	Tabei Montes	Pluto	105.00	-11.73	164.33	-9.61	-13.84	166.54	162.12	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Nov 19, 2019	[548]	Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer and the first woman to climb both Mount Everest and the Seven Summits (1939–2016).	None	Nov 19, 2019
15670	Tenzing Montes	Tenzing Montes	Pluto	283.00	-15.61	177.38	-8.92	-22.56	181.37	172.13	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Nepal	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Tenzing Norgay; Nepalese (Sherpa) mountaineer (1914–1986).	None	Sep 11, 2017
15835	Wright Mons	Wright Mons	Pluto	165.00	-21.36	173.24	-17.85	-24.86	177.26	169.21	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[524]	Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur (1867–1912), brothers, U.S. aviation pioneers who invented, built, and flew in 1903 the world’s first successful powered heavier-than-air flying machine (airplane) with a pilot aboard.	None	May 31, 2019
15965	Zheng He Montes	Zheng He Montes	Pluto	101.00	19.01	160.57	21.13	16.88	162.43	158.70	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	China	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[607]	Zheng He, Chinese explorer, led voyages of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (1371 to 1433).	None	Feb 16, 2021

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