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Feature Name
Target
Diameter
Center Latitude
Center Longitude
Feature Type
Approval Date
Origin
Aellopus Saxum Bennu 0.0057 25.44 335.67 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Aello; Greek, one of the harpies (together with Celaeno and Ocypete), half-maiden and half-bird personification of storm winds, that would snatch and carry things away from Earth.
Aetos Saxum Bennu 0.0091 3.46 150.36 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Greek, childhood playmate of the supreme god Zeus who was turned into an eagle by Hera.
Alicanto Bennu 0.0610 -0.08 111.93 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Chilean mythological nocturnal bird whose wings shine at night with metallic colors so bright that cast no shadow. It lives in small caves and eats metal ores, weight of which gives no possibility to fly.
Amihan Saxum Bennu 0.0330 -17.96 256.51 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Tagalog (Philippines) deity that is depicted as a bird, the first creature to inhabit the universe.
Benben Saxum Bennu 0.0520 -45.86 127.59 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Ancient Egyptian primordial mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu. The god Atum settled upon it to create the world after his flight over the waters in the form of the Bennu bird, who is a piece of his soul.
Boobrie Saxum Bennu 0.03 48.08 214.28 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs (lakes) of the west coast of Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic water bird.
Bralgah Bennu 0.0690 -44.36 324.99 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 In myths of Aboriginal Australian people of the Murray River basin, a crane, who tossed an egg from the nest of emu Dinewan into the sky where it became the sun.
Camulatz Saxum Bennu 0.0220 -10.26 259.65 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 One of four birds which destructed the first race of people carved out of wood in Kʼicheʼ Maya (Guatemala) creation myth.
Celaeno Saxum Bennu 0.0080 18.42 335.23 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Greek, one of the harpies (together with Aellopus and Ocypete), half-maiden and half-bird personification of darkness and storm winds, that would snatch and carry things away from Earth.
Ciinkwia Saxum Bennu 0.0210 -4.97 249.47 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Thunder-beings of Algonquian mythology (in particular Oklahoma Miami Nation) that live in the sky and cause thunder and lightning. They look like giant eagles, or as birds with a human head.
Dinewan Bennu 0.01 -41.40 323.70 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Emu whose egg created the sun in the myths of Aboriginal Australian people of the Murray River basin.
Dodo Saxum Bennu 0.0270 -32.68 64.42 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Non-flying bird, rounded and gray, a fictional character in the book Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (1865) by English writer Lewis Carroll.
Gamayun Saxum Bennu 0.0190 9.86 105.45 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Slavic prophetic bird, symbol of wisdom and knowledge; she is depicted as a large bird with a woman's head.
Gargoyle Saxum Bennu 0.0180 4.59 92.48 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 French, dragon-like monster with wings, bird-like neck, and the ability to breathe fire.
Gullinkambi Saxum Bennu 0.0310 18.53 17.96 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Norse, gold-combed rooster who lives in the heavenly majestic hall Valhalla and wakes gods and heroes.
Hokioi Bennu 0.0280 55.07 41.78 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Maori (New Zealand) mythical bird with enormously long divided tail, which lives in heavens and never visits earth.
Huginn Saxum Bennu 0.0460 -29.77 43.25 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Norse, one of the two ravens (together with Muninn) accompanying the supreme god Odin.
Huhuk Bennu 0.0750 -1.12 152.30 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Pawnee (Central USA) Thunderbird, a huge long-necked bird with a forked, jagged tail. The beating of his wings causes thunder.
Kongamato Saxum Bennu 0.0190 5.03 66.31 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Giant flying creature looking like bird or bat in myths of Kaonde, a Bantu-speaking people of NW Zambia and the adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).
Lilitu Bennu 0.0280 -26.13 115.36 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Mesopotamian/Sumerian nocturnal wind demon depicted as woman with wings and birds' feet with talons.
Minokawa Bennu 0.1811 -8.79 269.10 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Massive bird that resides beyond the eastern horizon since before time began and causes lunar eclipses in myths of Bagobo (Lumad group at Mindanao Island, S. Philippines).
Muninn Saxum Bennu 0.0280 -29.34 48.68 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Norse, one of the two ravens (together with Huginn) accompanying the supreme god Odin.
Ocypete Saxum Bennu 0.0056 25.09 328.25 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Greek, one of the three named harpies, half-maiden and half-bird personification of storm winds, that would snatch and carry things away from Earth.
Odette Saxum Bennu 0.0190 -44.86 291.08 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Princess turned into White Swan in the ballet Swan Lake (1877) by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky. This character, which name derives from French, is opposite to Odile, the Black Swan maiden.
Odile Saxum Bennu 0.0250 -42.74 294.08 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 Black Swan maiden in the ballet Swan Lake (1877) by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky. This character, which name derives from Old German, is opposite to Odette, the Swan Princess.
Ohnivak Bennu 0.0410 -4.23 125.67 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 In Czech and Slovak folklore, glowing or burning bird (firebird) with colorful red, gold and orange feathers.
Pegasus Bennu 0.0140 23.53 329.83 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Winged horse in Greek mythology.
Pouakai Saxum Bennu 0.0106 -40.45 166.75 Saxum, saxa Feb 11, 2020 Māori (Polynesia) monstrous bird who kills and eat humans.
Roc Saxum Bennu 0.0960 -23.46 25.36 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Enormous bird of prey in Arabic mythology of the Middle East.
Sampati Bennu 0.0110 -19.02 97.34 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 In Hindu mythology, a giant bird, vulture, whose wings had been burnt by the blaze of the Sun when he had flown too close to it in racing with his brother.
Simurgh Saxum Bennu 0.04 -25.32 4.05 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Iranian benevolent bird who possesses all knowledge.
Strix Saxum Bennu 0.0053 13.40 88.26 Saxum, saxa Jan 31, 2020 Roman vampiric bird of ill omen.
Thorondor Saxum Bennu 0.0610 -47.94 45.10 Saxum, saxa Mar 26, 2020 King of the Eagles in the Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by English author J.R.R. Tolkien, the greatest of all eagles, with a wingspan of 55 m (approximately as this boulder).
Tlanuwa Regio Bennu 0.3010 -37.86 261.70 Regio, regiones Jan 31, 2020 Cherokee (Southeast USA), giant birds who scattered the Earth with pieces of serpent which turned into standing pillars of rocks.
Wuchowsen Bennu 0.02 11.78 88.13 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Abenaki (Algonquians of NE USA) giant bird, named Windblower, who sits upon a rock at the edge of the sky far in the north and produces winds by his wings.
Wututu Bennu 0.0130 -17.03 84.34 Crater, craters Dec 18, 2020 Fon (Benin/Dahomey) mythical bird which reconciled the two gods in their dispute and thus ended a great drought.
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