Neagh Lacus

Neagh Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,^[1] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.

Neagh Lacus

False-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Neagh Lacus in the middle distance, on the right margin.
Feature type	Lacus
Coordinates	81.11°N 32.16°W / 81.11; -32.16
Diameter	98 km[note 1]
Eponym	Lake Neagh

The lacus is located at coordinates 81.11°N and 32.16°W on Titan's globe,^[2] in a region close to the north pole where most of Titan's lakes are located. The lake is 98 km in length^{[note 1]} and is named after Lough Neagh, in Northern Ireland.^[2]

Notes

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