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Largest intermittent lake on Titan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nakuru Lacuna is the largest intermittent lake on Titan.[1]
![]() Cassini view of Titan's north polar seas and lakes in the near infrared. | |
Feature type | Lacus |
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Coordinates | 65.81°N 94°W |
Diameter | 175 km |
It is located at 65.81°N and 94°W[2] on Titan's surface and is 175 km in length. The lake is composed of liquid ethane and methane,[3] and was detected by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.
Indications are that it is an intermittent lake and so was named in 2013[4] after the Lake Nakuru, Kenya.[5] It is the sixth largest body of liquid hydrocarbon on Titan.
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