Ngami Lacuna
Lake on Titan
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Ngami Lacuna is a feature on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, believed to be the currently dry bed of an intermittent hydrocarbon lake.
False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes | |
| Feature type | Lacus |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 66.7°N 213.9°W |
| Diameter | 37.2 |
When full, the lake would be composed of liquid methane and ethane.[1] It was detected in 2007 by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.
Ngami Lacuna is located at coordinates 66.7°N and 213.9°W on Titan's globe and is 37.2 km in diameter.[2] It is named after Lake Ngami, in Botswana,[2] and like its terrestrial namesake is considered to be endorheic.