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Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| feature_id | Gazetteer ID | integer | Feature number in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. |
| name | Name | string | — |
| diameter_km | Diameter | number · km | Diameter (or longest extent for non-circular features) in kilometres. |
| lat | Latitude | number · ° | Planetocentric latitude of the centre; positive is north. |
| lon | Longitude | number · ° | Longitude of the centre, −180 to 180, positive east. |
| approval_year | Name approved | year | Year the IAU approved the name. |
| origin | Named after | string | The gazetteer's short note on the origin of the name. |
| origin_culture | Origin country / culture | string | Country, people or culture the name comes from, as the gazetteer records it. |
| continent | Origin continent | string | — |
| quadrangle | Map quadrangle | string | Name of the standard map quadrangle the feature lies in. |
| url | Gazetteer page | url | — |
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