Ladoga Lacus

Geographical feature on Titan, moon of Saturn

74°48′N 26°06′W / 74.8°N 26.1°W / 74.8; -26.1Diameter110 km^{[note 1]}EponymLake 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.^[1]

The lake, detected in 2004 by the Cassini space probe, is composed of liquid ethane and methane.^[2] It is 110 kilometers along its longest dimension and is located at 74°48′N 26°06′W / 74.8°N 26.1°W / 74.8; -26.1 on Titan's globe.

Notes

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

References

^ "Ladoga Lacus". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2015-03-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ Athéna Coustenis, F. W. Taylor Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. (World Scientific, 2008) pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-270-501-3.

Titan

General

Atmosphere
Climate
Life

Lakes
and seas

Seas	Kraken Mare Ligeia Mare Punga Mare
Lakes	Abaya Lacus Bolsena Lacus Feia Lacus Hammar Lacus Jingpo Lacus Kivu Lacus Koitere Lacus Ladoga Lacus Mackay Lacus Müggel Lacus Neagh Lacus Ontario Lacus Sionascaig Lacus Sotonera Lacus Albano Lacus
Rivers	Elivagar Flumina Vid Flumina
Dry lakes	Eyre Lacuna Ngami Lacuna Woytchugga Lacuna

Features

Exploration

Past	Pioneer program Pioneer 11 Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Cassini–Huygens Huygens
Planned and proposed	Dragonfly (2028) AVIATR Explorer of Enceladus and Titan Journey to Enceladus and Titan TALISE Titan Mare Explorer Titan Submarine Titan Saturn System Mission Titan Winged Aerobot Oceanus