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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
15927	Cora	Cora	Charon	9.00	17.09	351.72	17.54	16.70	352.15	351.27	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Aug 05, 2020	[582]	Protagonist in the fiction novel The Underground Railroad, by US author Colson Whitehead (2016). She was a slave who undertook a long journey to freedom in the North through the network of routes and safe houses for fugitive southern slaves, depicted as an actual railroad.	None	Aug 10, 2020
15738	Dorothy	Dorothy	Charon	261.00	58.53	40.58	70.40	46.60	63.57	18.99	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Apr 11, 2018	[59]	American fictional character, protagonist of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and other children’s novels, small girl who visited the magical Land of Oz.	None	Apr 11, 2018
15739	Nasreddin	Nasreddin	Charon	29.70	25.50	308.60	26.90	24.20	309.70	307.20	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Turkey	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Apr 11, 2018	[470]	Hero of humorous folktales told throughout the Middle East, southern Europe and parts of Asia. Undertook numerous journeys with his donkey, upon which he is seated facing backwards. Supposed to be of a Turkish origin.	None	Apr 11, 2018
15743	Nemo	Nemo	Charon	44.00	-15.70	314.10	-13.90	-17.60	316.10	311.90	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	France	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Apr 11, 2018	[474]	Captain of the Nautilus, a submarine, in the novels "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) and "The Mysterious Island" (1874) by the French author Jules Verne (1825–1905). The stories recount fantastical undersea travels and explorations.	None	Apr 11, 2018
15740	Pirx	Pirx	Charon	90.00	55.20	256.30	59.40	50.90	263.10	249.90	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Poland	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Apr 11, 2018	[471]	Spaceship pilot, the main character in a series of fictional stories by the Polish author Stanislaw Lem (1921–2006). He travelled between the Earth, Moon and Mars.	None	Apr 11, 2018
15741	Revati	Revati	Charon	40.00	20.70	35.40	22.50	18.90	37.30	33.50	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Hindu	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Apr 11, 2018	[472]	Hindu mythological princess, who traveled through time and space in search of a suitor, described in the epic narrative "Mahabharata".	None	Apr 11, 2018
15742	Sadko	Sadko	Charon	28.00	-16.10	331.20	-14.80	-17.30	332.50	329.70	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Russia	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Apr 11, 2018	[473]	Russian merchant in the medieval epic tale (Bylina), who traveled to the bottom of the sea.	None	Apr 11, 2018

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