| Surname
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position
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⌀
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Named after
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| Wanda
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71.3 ° N , 36.9 ° WVenus 71.3 -36.9
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21.7 km
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Polish first name
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| Wang Zhenyi
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13.2 ° N , 142.2 ° WVenus 13.2 -142.2
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23.4 km
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Wang Zhenyi (1768–1797), Chinese astronomer
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| Warren
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11.7 ° S , 176.5 ° EVenus -11.7 176.5
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50.9 km
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Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), American writer
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| Wazata
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33.6 ° N , 61.7 ° WVenus 33.6 -61.7
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13.9 km
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First name of the Hausa
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| Because
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19.4 ° N , 76.9 ° WVenus 19.4 -76.9
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24.2 km
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Simone Weil (1909–1943), French writer
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| Wendla
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22.5 ° N , 152.4 ° WVenus 22.5 -152.4
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5.7 km
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Swedish first name
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| Wen Shu
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5 ° S , 56.3 ° WVenus -5 -56.3
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31.5 km
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Wen Shu (1595–1634), Chinese painter
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| west
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26.1 ° N , 57 ° WVenus 26.1 -57
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28.8 km
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Rebecca West (1892–1983), British writer and journalist
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| Wharton
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55.7 ° N , 61.9 ° EVenus 55.7 61.9
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50.5 km
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Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American writer
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| Wheatley
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16.6 ° N , 92 ° WVenus 16.6 -92
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74.8 km
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Phillis Wheatley (approx. 1753–1784), first African American poet
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| Whiting
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6.1 ° S , 128 ° EVenus -6.1 128
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35.7 km
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Sarah Frances Whiting (1847–1927), American astronomer
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| Whitney
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30.2 ° S , 151.3 ° EVenus -30.2 151.3
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42.5 km
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Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921), American astronomer
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| Wieck
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74.2 ° S , 115.2 ° WVenus -74.2 -115.2
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20.2 km
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Clara Schumann , b. Wieck (1819–1896), German pianist and composer
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| Wilder
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17.4 ° N , 122.6 ° EVenus 17.4 122.6
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35.1 km
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Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American writer
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| Willard
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24.6 ° S , 63.9 ° WVenus -24.6 -63.9
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48.4 km
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Emma Willard (1787–1870), American educator
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| Wilma
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36.7 ° N , 1.7 ° EVenus 36.7 1.7
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12.5 km
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English first name
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| Winema
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3 ° N , 168.6 ° OVenus 3 168.6
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21.7 km
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Toby Riddle (Winema) (1848–1932), Native American translator from the Modoc tribe
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| Winnemucca
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15.4 ° S , 121.1 ° EVenus -15.4 121.1
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30.3 km
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Sarah Winnemucca (1844–1891), American Indian politician and writer
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| Wiwi-yokpa
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73.8 ° S , 131.6 ° WVenus -73.8 -131.6
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4.5 km
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native american name
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| Wollstonecraft
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39.1 ° S , 99.2 ° WVenus -39.1 -99.2
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44.1 km
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), English writer
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| Woolf
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37.7 ° S , 27.2 ° EVenus -37.7 27.2
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24.5 km
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Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English writer
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| Workman
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12.9 ° S , 60.1 ° WVenus -12.9 -60.1
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17.4 km
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Fanny Bullock Workman (1859–1925), American mountaineer, author and suffragette
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| Wu Hou
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25.5 ° S , 42.6 ° WVenus -25.5 -42.6
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27.5 km
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Wu Zetian (625–705), Chinese empress
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| Wynne
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55 ° N , 53.6 ° EVenus 55 53.6
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10 km
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English first name
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