Sionascaig Lacus

Sionascaig Lacus
False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes.
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates42°31′34″S 278°07′12″W / 42.526°S 278.12°W / -42.526; -278.12
Diameter200km
EponymLoch Sionascaig

Sionascaig Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon seas and lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is located at latitude 41.52°S and longitude 278.12°W on Titan's globe, and is composed of liquid methane and ethane. The feature is named for the Earth lake, Loch Sionascaig, in Scotland.

References

  1. ↑ The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.
  2. ↑ Map of the liquid bodies in the north polar region of Titan.
  3. ↑ Two New Lacus Names for Titan 12 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Coustenis A. & Taylor F. W., Titan: Exploring an Earth like World p154-155 (World Scientific, 21 July 2008)
  5. ↑ G Vixie, (2015) Possible temperate lakes on Titan.