Rura Penthe
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Rura Penthe is the name of a fictional penal colony
Penal colony
A penal colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general populace by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory...

 in the following works:
  • A penal colony in Siberia in the 1869 Tolstoy novel War and Peace
    War and Peace
    War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature...

  • A penal colony island in the 1954 Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 adventure film starring Kirk Douglas as Ned Land, James Mason as Captain Nemo, Paul Lukas as Professor Pierre Aronnax, and Peter Lorre as Conseil. It was the first science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Productions, as well as the only science-fiction...

    . In this film the name is pronounced Rora (short o) Panthe.
  • The Klingon penal asteroid planet in the Star Trek universe
    • in the 1991 feature film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
      Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
      Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise and is the last of the Star Trek films to include the entire main cast of the 1960s Star Trek television series. Released in 1991 by Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Nicholas Meyer and...

    • in "Judgment", a 2003 Star Trek: Enterprise
      Star Trek: Enterprise
      Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...

      episode
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