Ladoga Lacus Explained

Ladoga Lacus
Type:	Lacus
Coordinates:	74.8°N -26.1°W
Diameter:	110 km^[1]
Eponym:	Lake Ladoga

Ladoga Lacus is a geographical feature on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, named after Lake Ladoga, Russia.It is one of a number of "methane lakes" found in Titan's north polar region.^[2]

The lake, detected in 2004 by the Cassini space probe, is composed of liquid ethane and methane.^[3] It is 110 kilometers along its longest dimension and is located at 74.8°N -26.1°W on Titan's globe.

Notes

1. The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.
2. Web site: Ladoga Lacus . USGS planetary nomenclature page . . 2015-03-25.
3. Athéna Coustenis, F. W. Taylor Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. (World Scientific, 2008) pp. 154–155. .