Abaya Lacus

Abaya Lacus
	Titan's "kissing lakes", Abaya Lacus, as viewed by Cassini's synthetic aperture radar.
Feature type	Lacus
Coordinates	73°12′N45°36′W / 73.2°N 45.6°W
Diameter	65 km
Eponym	Lake Abaya

Last updated November 09, 2025

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]

Notes

1 2 The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

References

1 2 "Abaya Lacus". USGS . Retrieved 2013-12-28.
↑ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.

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[qualifier-1] 1 2 The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

[USGS-2] 1 2 "Abaya Lacus". USGS . Retrieved 2013-12-28.

[Coustenis2008-3] Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.

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