Ngami Lacuna
Lake on Titan
66°42′N 213°54′W / 66.7°N 213.9°W / 66.7; -213.9Ngami Lacuna is a feature on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, believed to be a currently dry bed of an intermittent hydrocarbon lake.
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.
References
- ^ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
- ^ a b "Ngami Lacuna". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
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