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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
16421	Hadar Regio	Hadar Regio	Donaldjohanson	2.30	18.00	142.00	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360	Africa	Ethiopia	Regio, regiones	RE	-	Approved	Aug 27, 2025	[898]	Hadar (Ethiopia), the paleontological fossil site within the Afar Triangle where the Lucy fossil was discovered in 1974.		Sep 04, 2025
16422	Minatogawa Regio	Minatogawa Regio	Donaldjohanson	1.50	15.00	125.00	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Regio, regiones	RE	-	Approved	Aug 27, 2025	[899]	Minatogawa limestone quarry (Okinawa, Japan) where four skeletons of early Homo sapiens (20,000-22,000 BCE) were excavated in 1968, 1970, and 1974.		Sep 04, 2025

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