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Kutch Lacuna

Coordinates: 88°24′N 217°00′W / 88.4°N 217°W / 88.4; -217
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Kutch Lacuna
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Cassini view of Titan's north polar seas and lakes in the near infrared.[1]
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates88°24′N 217°00′W / 88.4°N 217°W / 88.4; -217
Diameter175 km

Kutch Lacuna is a large intermittent lake on Titan.

It is located at 88.4°N and 217°W[2] on Titan's surface and is 175km in length. The lake is composed of liquid ethane and methane[3] and was detected by the Cassini–Huygens space probe. Indications are that it is an intermittent lake and so was named in 2013[4] after the Great Rann of Kutch, India-Pakistan.

References

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  1. ^ Kutch Lacuna at USGS.gov.
  2. ^ Planetary names
  3. ^ Athéna Coustenis, F. W. Taylor Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. (World Scientific, 2008) pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-270-501-3.
  4. ^ Five New Names Approved for Use on Titan