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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
15676	Adlivun Cavus	Adlivun Cavus	Pluto	21.40	-15.40	188.86	-14.93	-15.87	189.21	188.46	+E (0-360)	Inuit	Cavus, cavi	CB	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[345]	Underworld in Inuit myths.	None	Sep 15, 2017
15843	Alcyonia Lacus	Alcyonia Lacus	Pluto	30.00	36.44	151.95	36.81	36.03	152.91	151.11	+E (0-360)	Greek	Lacus, lacūs	LC	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[530]	A bottomless lake, one of the entrances to the underworld in Greek mythology.	None	Jun 03, 2019
15672	Al-Idrisi Montes	Al-Idrisi Montes	Pluto	383.00	33.99	156.01	42.13	24.69	163.00	151.44	+E (0-360)	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	+E (0-360)	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
15962	Beatrice Fossa	Beatrice Fossa	Pluto	382.00	0.19	129.26	5.21	-4.93	136.45	120.89	+E (0-360)	Italy	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[156]	In The Inferno by Dante, Beatrice descends into hell to find Virgil and ask him to guide Dante. She later guides Dante through Paradise in Paradiso.	None	Feb 03, 2021
15680	Burney	Burney	Pluto	296.00	45.68	133.79	52.79	38.79	142.64	124.99	+E (0-360)	Great Britain	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Venetia; British schoolgirl, who suggested in 1930 the name “Pluto” for Tombaugh’s newly discovered planet (1918–2009).	None	Sep 15, 2017
16087	Challenger Colles	Challenger Colles	Pluto	76.00	23.05	195.10	25.11	21.43	196.55	193.64	+E (0-360)	United States	Collis, colles	CO	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[641]	Second fully operational US Space Shuttle, first launched on April 4, 1983. It was lost during its tenth launch on January 28, 1986.		Jun 07, 2022
16036	Coleman Mons	Coleman Mons	Pluto	32.00	-24.17	167.98	-23.40	-24.93	168.54	167.42	+E (0-360)	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
16088	Columbia Colles	Columbia Colles	Pluto	49.00	28.53	196.36	29.81	27.59	197.40	195.45	+E (0-360)	United States	Collis, colles	CO	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[641]	First fully operational US space shuttle, launched first on April 12, 1981, and lost during re-entry on February 1, 2003.		Jun 07, 2022
16086	Coradini	Coradini	Pluto	38.00	42.88	191.43	43.71	42.04	192.57	190.29	+E (0-360)	Italy	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[640]	Angioletta; Italian planetary scientist (1946-2011).		Jun 07, 2022
15867	Coughlin	Coughlin	Pluto	45.00	15.24	150.54	16.28	14.19	151.61	149.46	+E (0-360)	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Jan 03, 2020	[550]	Thomas Boyd; American mechanical/space engineer, first project manager of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1941–2014).	None	Jan 03, 2020
15673	Djanggawul Fossae	Djanggawul Fossae	Pluto	585.00	41.00	84.31	54.89	27.48	91.50	75.86	+E (0-360)	Yolngu	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[438]	Ancestral beings in Yolngu (Australia) myth who traveled between the island of the dead and Australia.	None	Sep 15, 2017
15963	Dumuzi Fossa	Dumuzi Fossa	Pluto	619.00	30.56	127.90	34.72	24.39	143.21	112.58	+E (0-360)	Sumerian	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[603]	In ancient Sumerian mythology, Dumuzi was a god of the harvest. He was taken down into the Underworld, but permitted to return to earth for half of each year, resulting in the cycle of the seasons.	None	Feb 03, 2021
15960	Edgeworth	Edgeworth	Pluto	149.00	6.86	109.42	10.43	3.28	113.12	105.72	+E (0-360)	Ireland	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[600]	Kenneth; Irish astronomer, the first to propose the existence of a disk of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, now known as the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (1880-1972).	None	Feb 09, 2021
15837	Elcano Montes	Elcano Montes	Pluto	488.00	-26.04	143.70	-14.62	-37.45	148.80	138.60	+E (0-360)	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
15681	Elliot	Elliot	Pluto	96.00	12.04	138.86	14.28	9.75	141.18	136.57	+E (0-360)	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[439]	James; American astronomer, discoverer of the atmosphere of Pluto (1943–2011).	None	Sep 11, 2017
15924	Hardaway	Hardaway	Pluto	11.07	46.85	140.97	47.11	46.58	141.36	140.61	+E (0-360)	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[580]	Lisa; Led the development of the RALPH instrument, the visual and infrared imager and spectrometer on the New Horizons spacecraft (1966-2017).	None	Feb 09, 2021
15868	Hardie	Hardie	Pluto	25.00	23.82	141.58	24.33	23.31	142.16	140.99	+E (0-360)	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Jan 03, 2020	[551]	Robert H.; American astronomer, co-discoverer (1955) of Pluto’s 6.4-day rotation period (1923–1989).	None	Jan 03, 2020
15677	Hayabusa Terra	Hayabusa Terra	Pluto	1115.00	46.07	229.88	62.39	28.34	264.84	196.93	+E (0-360)	Japan	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Japanese Hayabusa (literally Peregrine Falcon) spacecraft that performed the first asteroid sample return (2003–2010).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15755	Hekla Cavus	Hekla Cavus	Pluto	98.41	6.86	154.66	9.20	4.51	156.58	152.74	+E (0-360)	Iceland	Cavus, cavi	CB	-	Approved	May 30, 2018	[479]	An Icelandic volcano believed to be the entrance to Hell in medieval European times.	None	May 30, 2018
15861	Hermod Fossae	Hermod Fossae	Pluto	592.00	-8.63	119.34	4.84	-22.18	121.33	111.31	+E (0-360)	Norse	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Sep 25, 2019	[1]	Son of Odin, who rode the horse Sleipnir into the underworld to retrieve his brother, Balder.	None	Sep 25, 2019
15671	Hillary Montes	Hillary Montes	Pluto	388.00	3.26	169.58	10.12	-6.58	175.98	161.84	+E (0-360)	New Zealand	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Edmund; New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15842	Hunahpu Valles	Hunahpu Valles	Pluto	295.00	49.09	154.41	55.26	42.92	161.36	147.45	+E (0-360)	Mayan	Vallis, valles	VA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[529]	One of the Hero Twins (with Xbalanque) in Mayan mythology, who defeated the lords of the Underworld in a ball game.	None	May 31, 2019
15870	Hyecho Palus	Hyecho Palus	Pluto	322.56	-17.43	167.44	-9.82	-25.37	174.88	162.83	+E (0-360)	Korea	Palus, paludes	PA	-	Approved	Jan 03, 2020	[553]	Korean traveler and scholar, who crossed the Asian continent from China to Arabia and back (724-727), and documented the journey in his journals (704–787).	None	Jan 03, 2020
15964	Inanna Fossa	Inanna Fossa	Pluto	613.00	33.05	129.29	35.87	27.03	146.15	112.43	+E (0-360)	Sumerian	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[604]	Inanna was the Queen of Heaven in ancient Sumerian mythology. She visited the Underworld but was permitted to return in exchange for the life of her husband, Dumuzi.	None	Feb 03, 2021
15852	Kaknú Fossa	Kaknu Fossa	Pluto	249.00	-30.45	122.07	-29.37	-31.98	128.91	115.22	+E (0-360)	Ohlone	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Aug 12, 2019	[537]	Epic hero of the Chochenyo/Ohlone (N. California) mythology, an anthropomorphic being resembling a peregrine falcon, who traveled to the underworld to battle Wiwe (“Body of Stone”), the lord of the underworld.	None	Aug 12, 2019
15844	Khare	Khare	Pluto	58.00	27.85	94.56	29.05	26.60	96.09	93.08	+E (0-360)	India	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[531]	Bishun; Indian-born American atmosphere chemistry scientist, investigated, in particular, tholins, the organic molecules that probably account for the darkest regions on Pluto (1933–2013).	None	Jun 03, 2019
15832	Kiladze	Kiladze	Pluto	44.42	28.39	212.92	29.44	27.30	214.03	211.75	+E (0-360)	Georgia	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[521]	Rolan; Georgian (Caucasus) astronomer. Investigated the dynamics, astrometry and photometry of Pluto (1931–2010).	None	Jun 03, 2019
16085	Kowal	Kowal	Pluto	66.00	49.48	217.87	51.02	47.95	220.21	215.54	+E (0-360)	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[639]	Charles T.; American astronomer and discoverer of 2060 Chiron (1940-2011).		Jun 07, 2022
16083	Lemminkäinen Vallis	Lemminkainen Vallis	Pluto	726.00	87.42	238.73	89.41	67.33	153.48	323.98	+E (0-360)	Finland	Vallis, valles	VA	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[638]	Lemminkäinen is a hero of the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. He travels to the Underworld to capture the black swan.		Jun 03, 2022
15838	Lowell Regio	Lowell Regio	Pluto	1215.00	86.00	338.00	90.00	55.00	360.00	-	+E (0-360)	United States	Regio, regiones	RE	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[68]	Percival; American astronomer who in 1906-1916 undertook extensive searches of transneptunian planets (1855-1916).	None	May 31, 2019
15967	Lunokhod Planitia	Lunokhod Planitia	Pluto	557.00	30.75	109.57	43.99	17.50	119.58	99.56	+E (0-360)	Soviet	Planitia, planitiae	PL	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[606]	Two Soviet Union planetary rovers that were sent to the surface of the Moon (1970, 1973). Lunokhod 1 was the first remote-controlled, wheeled robot to land on and rove on an extraterrestrial body.	None	Feb 03, 2021
15833	Mwindo Fossae	Mwindo Fossae	Pluto	406.00	34.74	245.78	44.88	25.68	253.49	236.09	+E (0-360)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[522]	Nyanga (Eastern Dem. Rep. Congo/Zaire) epic hero who travelled to the underworld and after returning home became a wise and powerful king.	None	May 31, 2019
15961	Oort	Oort	Pluto	123.00	7.86	92.05	10.80	4.91	94.97	89.00	+E (0-360)	The Netherlands (Dutch)	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[602]	Jan Hendrik, Dutch astronomer, first described the Oort Cloud, a theoretical cloud of icy planetesimals beyond the Kuiper Belt, and believed to be the source of long- period comets (1900 to 1992).	None	Feb 04, 2021
15834	Piccard Mons	Piccard Mons	Pluto	257.00	-35.26	176.79	-29.20	-41.32	182.65	170.92	+E (0-360)	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	+E (0-360)	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
15968	Pioneer Terra	Pioneer Terra	Pluto	598.00	56.58	192.40	69.62	43.54	214.71	170.08	+E (0-360)	United States	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[606]	Early US lunar, planetary, and heliospheric missions including the first to Jupiter and Saturn, 1958-1997.	None	Feb 09, 2021
15839	Piri Rupes	Piri Rupes	Pluto	549.00	27.13	108.90	37.62	16.63	119.10	98.70	+E (0-360)	Ottoman	Rupes, rupēs	RU	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[527]	Ahmed Muhiddin, also known as Piri Reis, Ottoman navigator and cartographer (c. 1470–1553). Author of one of the earliest existing world maps in 1513. His “Book of the Sea” (1521), containing 290 maps, was one of the most famous cartographical works of that period.	None	May 31, 2019
15925	Pulfrich	Pulfrich	Pluto	37.70	77.80	135.99	78.73	76.86	140.44	131.53	+E (0-360)	Germany	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[581]	Carl; German physicist, inventor of the blink comparator which Clyde Tombaugh used for discovery of Pluto (1858-1927).	None	Aug 10, 2020
15966	Ranger Planitia	Ranger Planitia	Pluto	370.59	20.89	127.91	29.40	11.52	135.91	119.91	+E (0-360)	United States	Planitia, planitiae	PL	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[605]	A series of US space probes sent to the Moon during 1961-1965. In 1964, Ranger 7 obtained the first close-up images of an extraterrestrial surface.	None	Feb 09, 2021
16035	Ride Rupes	Ride Rupes	Pluto	235.00	-19.66	163.19	-14.00	-25.31	164.25	162.35	+E (0-360)	United States	Rupes, rupēs	RU	-	Approved	Sep 02, 2021	[628]	Sally; American physicist, astronaut, and first American woman in space (1951-2012).	None	Dec 16, 2021
16082	Rosetta Planitia	Rosetta Planitia	Pluto	480.00	-22.31	157.22	-11.34	-33.27	166.48	147.92	+E (0-360)	European (Multiple ET)	Planitia, planitiae	PL	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[637]	Rosetta mission, the first mission to orbit and land a spacecraft on a comet.		Jun 07, 2022
15845	Simonelli	Simonelli	Pluto	286.00	12.79	314.76	19.26	6.32	321.54	308.12	+E (0-360)	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[532]	Damon; American astronomer; investigated the formation history of Pluto (1959–2004).	None	Jun 03, 2019
15674	Sleipnir Fossa	Sleipnir Fossa	Pluto	508.00	23.70	234.51	32.43	13.28	241.53	224.33	+E (0-360)	Norse	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[93]	A powerful, eight-legged horse in Norse mythology who carried Odin into the Underworld.	None	Sep 15, 2017
15669	Sputnik Planitia	Sputnik Planitia	Pluto	1492.00	19.51	178.69	49.61	-22.18	197.66	153.08	+E (0-360)	Soviet	Planitia, planitiae	PL	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 (literally Satellite 1), the first human-built satellite of the Earth (1957).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15866	Tabei Montes	Tabei Montes	Pluto	105.00	-11.73	164.33	-9.61	-13.84	166.54	162.12	+E (0-360)	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
15679	Tartarus Dorsa	Tartarus Dorsa	Pluto	850.00	8.50	233.09	28.06	-12.64	252.43	219.34	+E (0-360)	Greek	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	The deepest, darkest pit of the Underworld in Greek mythology.	None	Sep 15, 2017
15670	Tenzing Montes	Tenzing Montes	Pluto	283.00	-15.61	177.38	-8.92	-22.56	181.37	172.13	+E (0-360)	Nepal	Mons, montes	MO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Tenzing Norgay; Nepalese (Sherpa) mountaineer (1914–1986).	None	Sep 11, 2017
15668	Tombaugh Regio	Tombaugh Regio	Pluto	2300.00	7.62	183.22	49.61	-35.39	233.44	139.05	+E (0-360)	United States	Regio, regiones	RE	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Clyde William; American astronomer, discoverer of Pluto (1906–1997).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15869	Uncama Fossa	Uncama Fossa	Pluto	227.00	23.96	142.62	27.41	20.51	147.46	137.77	+E (0-360)	Zulu	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Jan 03, 2020	[552]	Zulu tale hero, who followed a porcupine underground and came upon the village of dead souls.	None	Jan 03, 2020
16084	Väinämöinen Vallis	Vainamoinen Vallis	Pluto	438.00	80.70	70.81	81.00	75.01	119.51	22.11	+E (0-360)	Finland	Vallis, valles	VA	-	Approved	May 27, 2022	[638]	Väinämöinen is a central character of the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. He traveled to the Underworld to seek knowledge of the dead.		Jun 07, 2022
15841	Vega Terra	Vega Terra	Pluto	1614.00	33.96	85.49	57.44	10.47	128.08	42.90	+E (0-360)	Soviet	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[528]	A pair of the Soviet Union’s Vega 1 and Vega 2 spacecraft launched in 1984 that were the first ones to fly balloons on another planet (Venus, 1985) and then the first ones to image the nucleus of a comet (1P/Halley, 1986).	None	May 31, 2019
15840	Venera Terra	Venera Terra	Pluto	742.00	56.89	117.62	74.90	38.87	135.36	99.88	+E (0-360)	Soviet	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	May 30, 2019	[528]	Series of the Soviet Union’s 16 spacecraft sent to Venus in 1961–1983. The missions accomplished a number of firsts, including the first human made device to enter the atmosphere of another planet (Venera 3, 1966), to measure in situ atmosphere composition of another planet (Venera 4, 1967), to make a soft landing on another planet (Venera 7, 1970), and to return images from another planetary surface (Venera 9, 1975).	None	May 31, 2019
15969	Viking Terra	Viking Terra	Pluto	1171.00	12.34	150.97	39.06	-14.39	167.14	134.80	+E (0-360)	United States	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Feb 03, 2021	[606]	US Mars orbiter and landed missions that conducted the first successful explorations of the surface of Mars, 1976 to 1982.	None	Feb 04, 2021
15675	Virgil Fossae	Virgil Fossae	Pluto	710.00	5.23	122.76	12.87	-6.18	136.47	107.82	+E (0-360)	Italy	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	Italian; Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory in the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (1265–1321).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15678	Voyager Terra	Voyager Terra	Pluto	843.00	60.08	153.52	77.01	36.67	176.54	129.36	+E (0-360)	United States	Terra, terrae	TA	-	Approved	Aug 08, 2017	[59]	A pair of US-launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft that performed the “grand tour” of all four giant planets (1977-1989).	None	Sep 15, 2017
15835	Wright Mons	Wright Mons	Pluto	165.00	-21.36	173.24	-17.85	-24.86	177.26	169.21	+E (0-360)	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
15926	Zagar	Zagar	Pluto	93.00	-5.74	155.23	-3.62	-7.85	157.34	153.12	+E (0-360)	Italy	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[521]	Francesco; Italian astronomer who carried out early studies of the orbit of Pluto (1900-1976).	None	Aug 10, 2020
15965	Zheng He Montes	Zheng He Montes	Pluto	101.00	19.01	160.57	21.13	16.88	162.43	158.70	+E (0-360)	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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