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Woytchugga Lacuna

Coordinates:68°30′N109°00′W / 68.5°N 109.0°W /68.5; -109.0
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Lacuna on Titan
Woytchugga Lacuna
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Cassini view of Titan's north polar seas and lakes in the near infrared.
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates68°30′N109°00′W / 68.5°N 109.0°W /68.5; -109.0
Diameter449 km

Woytchugga Lacuna is one of the largestlakes of Titan.

It is located at 68°53′N and 109°00′W[1] onTitan's surface and at 449km in length it is the longestTitanean lake and third longest body of a number of "hydro-carbonlakes" found onSaturn's largest moon".[2] The lake is composed ofliquidethane andmethane,[3] and was detected by theCassini–Huygensspace probe.Indications are that it is an intermittentlake and so was named in 2013 afterLake Woytchugga nearWilcannia,Australia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ab"Woytchugga Lacuna".Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.International Astronomical Union (IAU). 3 December 2013. Retrieved14 January 2016.
  2. ^"NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes".NASA. April 18, 2019. RetrievedOctober 27, 2024.
  3. ^Coustenis, Athéna; Taylor, F. W. (2008).Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World (2nd ed.). World Scientific. pp. 154–155.ISBN 978-981-270-501-3..
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