Mackay Lacus

Coordinates: 78°19′N 97°32′W / 78.32°N 97.53°W / 78.32; -97.53
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Mackay Lacus
False-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Mackay Lacus at upper left.
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates78°19′N 97°32′W / 78.32°N 97.53°W / 78.32; -97.53
Diameter180 km[note 1]
EponymLake Mackay

Mackay Lacus is the seventh largest of a number of

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Mackay Lacus is located at the coordinates 78.32°N and 97.53°W on Titan's globe and is 180 km in length.[2][note 1] It is named after Lake Mackay in Western Australia.[2]

Notes

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

References

  1. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5
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  2. ^ a b "Mackay Lacus". USGS Astrogeology Science Center. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
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