Eyre Lacuna

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

Synthetic aperture radar mosaic of Titan's north polar region, showing hydrocarbon seas and lakes

When full, the lake would be composed of liquid methane and ethane.[1] It was detected in 2007 by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.

Eyre Lacuna is located at coordinates 72.6°N and 225.1°W on Titan's globe and is 25.4 km in diameter.[2] It is named after Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia.[2]

References
  1. Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
  2. "Eyre Lacuna". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28. External link in |work= (help)
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