Eyre Lacuna

Eyre Lacuna
	Synthetic aperture radar mosaic of Titan's north polar region, showing hydrocarbon seas and lakes
Feature type	Lacus
Coordinates	72°36′N225°06′W / 72.6°N 225.1°W
Diameter	25.4 km It is named after Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia.
Eponym	Lake Abaya

Last updated November 10, 2025

Eyre 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.^[2] It was detected in 2007 by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.

References

1 2 "Eyre Lacuna". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. 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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[USGS-1] 1 2 "Eyre Lacuna". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. USGS . Retrieved 2013-12-28.

[Coustenis2008-2] 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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