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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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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
16419	Afar Lobus	Afar Lobus	Donaldjohanson	3.40	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360	Africa	Ethiopia	Lobus, lobi	LO	-	Approved	Aug 27, 2025	[898]	Afar Triangle (Ethiopia), site of many important fossil finds.	Afar Lobus is the smaller of the two lobi.	Sep 04, 2025
16420	Olduvai Lobus	Olduvai Lobus	Donaldjohanson	5.40	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360	Africa	Tanzania	Lobus, lobi	LO	-	Approved	Aug 27, 2025	[898]	Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), a major paleoanthropological site.	Olduvai Lobus is the larger of the two lobi.	Sep 04, 2025

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