Answer the following question: Mendes Pinto is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 214 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Mendes Pinto is named for the Portuguese adventurer Fernao Mendes Pinto who lived from 1510 to 1583. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Natural Place