Eyre Lacuna

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Eyre Lacuna is a feature on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, believed to be a currently dry bed of an intermittent hydrocarbon lake.

Feature typeLacus
Coordinates72.6°N 225.1°W / 72.6; -225.1
Diameter25.4 km [1] It is named after Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia.[1]
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Synthetic aperture radar mosaic of Titan's north polar region, showing hydrocarbon seas and lakes
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates72.6°N 225.1°W / 72.6; -225.1
Diameter25.4 km [1] It is named after Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia.[1]
EponymLake Abaya
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When full, the lake would be composed of liquid methane and ethane.[2] It was detected in 2007 by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.

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