Mackay Lacus Explained

Mackay Lacus
Type:	Lacus
Coordinates:	78.32°N -97.53°W
Diameter:	180 km^[1]
Eponym:	Lake Mackay

Mackay Lacus is the seventh largest of a number of hydrocarbon seas and lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,^[2] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.

Mackay Lacus is located at the coordinates 78.32°N and 97.53°W on Titan's globe and is 180 km in length.^{[3] [4]} It is named after Lake Mackay in Western Australia.^[3]

Notes

1. The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.
2. Book: Coustenis . A. . Taylor . F. W.. Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. 21 July 2008. World Scientific. 154–155. 978-981-281-161-5.
3. Web site: Mackay Lacus. USGS Astrogeology Science Center. . 2013-12-28.
4. The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.