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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
15962	Beatrice Fossa	Beatrice Fossa	Pluto	382.00	0.19	129.26	5.21	-4.93	136.45	120.89	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	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
15673	Djanggawul Fossae	Djanggawul Fossae	Pluto	585.00	41.00	84.31	54.89	27.48	91.50	75.86	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Oceania	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	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	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
15861	Hermod Fossae	Hermod Fossae	Pluto	592.00	-8.63	119.34	4.84	-22.18	121.33	111.31	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	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
15964	Inanna Fossa	Inanna Fossa	Pluto	613.00	33.05	129.29	35.87	27.03	146.15	112.43	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	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	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	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
15833	Mwindo Fossae	Mwindo Fossae	Pluto	406.00	34.74	245.78	44.88	25.68	253.49	236.09	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Africa	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
15674	Sleipnir Fossa	Sleipnir Fossa	Pluto	508.00	23.70	234.51	32.43	13.28	241.53	224.33	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	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
15869	Uncama Fossa	Uncama Fossa	Pluto	227.00	23.96	142.62	27.41	20.51	147.46	137.77	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Africa	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
15675	Virgil Fossae	Virgil Fossae	Pluto	710.00	5.23	122.76	12.87	-6.18	136.47	107.82	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	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

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