Abaya Lacus

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Feature typeLacus
Coordinates73°12′N 45°36′W / 73.2°N 45.6°W / 73.2; -45.6
Diameter65 km[note 1]
Abaya Lacus
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Titan's "kissing lakes", Abaya Lacus, as viewed by Cassini's synthetic aperture radar.
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates73°12′N 45°36′W / 73.2°N 45.6°W / 73.2; -45.6
Diameter65 km[note 1]
EponymLake Abaya

Abaya Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.[1]

The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,[2] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.

Abaya Lacus is located at coordinates 73.17°N and 45.55°W on Titan's globe and is 65 km in length.[note 1] It is named after Lake Abaya in Ethiopia.[1]

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