Mackay Lacus

Lake on Titan

78°19′N 97°32′W / 78.32°N 97.53°W / 78.32; -97.53Diameter180 km^{[note 1]}EponymLake Mackay

Mackay Lacus is the seventh largest of a number of hydrocarbon seas and lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,^[1] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.

Mackay Lacus is located at the coordinates 78.32°N and 97.53°W on Titan's globe and is 180 km in length.^[2]^{[note 1]} It is named after Lake Mackay in Western Australia.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

References

^ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
^ ^a ^b "Mackay Lacus". USGS Astrogeology Science Center. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28.

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Lakes	Abaya Lacus Bolsena Lacus Feia Lacus Hammar Lacus Jingpo Lacus Kivu Lacus Koitere Lacus Ladoga Lacus Mackay Lacus Müggel Lacus Neagh Lacus Ontario Lacus Sionascaig Lacus Sotonera Lacus Albano Lacus
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