The names for small craters on Venus (with a diameter less than 20 km) are chosen from common female names.
[2] Dorothy is a Greek first name, and the crater was officially designated by the IAU in 1997.
The crater is east of Tamfana Corona, and south of Seoritsu Farra.
[3] Like many impact craters on Venus, Dorothy has been flooded and buried by lava flows.
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