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Donner (crater) Donner is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the northeast of the Mare Australe, behind the southeastern limb of the Moon. During favorable librations this part of the lunar surface can be brought into view ...

, a lunar crater * Mount Donner, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada *

Donner, California Norden is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, about west of Truckee. The community is located on a former portion of U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 80 and lies along the historical First transcontin ...

, an unincorporated community near Donner Pass, United States *

Donner Lake Donner Lake is a freshwater lake in Northeast California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and about northwest of the much larger Lake Tahoe. A moraine serves as a natural dam for the lake. The lake is located in the town of Truckee, be ...

, in California *

Donner Memorial State Park Donner Memorial State Park is a state park of California, US, preserving the site of the Donner Camp, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were trapped by weather during the winter of 1846–1847. Caught without shelter or adequate sup ...

, site of the Donner Camp, where the Donner party was trapped by snow * Donner Pass *

Donner Ski Ranch Donner Ski Ranch is a budget-oriented, family owned ski area located on Donner Summit in the Tahoe National Forest of Nevada County, California. It is owned by Janet and Marshall Tuttle, who purchased it after it went into bankruptcy. The area it ...

on Donner Summit, California * Donner, Louisiana, an unincorporated community

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* Donner (surname) * USS ''Donner'' (LSD-20), a United States naval ship * Donner Prize, a Canadian book award *

Donner the Reindeer In traditional festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The number of reindeer characters, and the names given ...

or Donder, one of Santa Claus's reindeer *

Donner Metals Ltd. Sphinx Resources Ltd. (formerly Donner Metals Ltd.) is a Canadian company focused on exploration of precious and base metals within mining rights in Quebec. It is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. The company was formerly named Donner Metals ...

, a Canadian mining company * Donner, the German name for Thor, a god in Norse mythology * Donner, a superheroine in

Milestone Media Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the ''Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, con ...

comic books * Donner, a character in '' Artist Descending a Staircase'' * Donner Block, a wing of William Hulme's Grammar School in northern England * Donner Laboratory, a laboratory at University of California, Berkeley * Donner Professor, an academic title of the

William H. Donner Foundation William Henry Donner (1864–1953) was an American businessman and philanthropist, born in Columbus, Indiana. He graduated from Hanover College in 1887. Business career Early in adulthood, Donner managed the family-owned grain mill, and in his t ...

* Donner Party, an ill-fated pioneer group bound for California in 1846

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