Mackay Lacus

Mackay Lacus
	False-colorCassiniradar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Mackay Lacus at upper left.
Feature type	Lacus
Coordinates	78°19′N97°32′W/ 78.32°N 97.53°W
Diameter	180 km
Eponym	Lake Mackay

Mackay Lacusis the seventh largest of a number ofhydrocarbon seas and lakesfound on Saturn's largest moon,Titan.The lake is composed ofliquid methaneandethane,^[1]and was detected by theCassinispace probe.

Mackay Lacus is located at the coordinates 78.32°Nand 97.53°Won Titan'sglobeand is 180kmin length.^[2]^{[note 1]}It is named afterLake MackayinWestern Australia.^[2]

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

^Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008).Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World.World Scientific.pp. 154–155.ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
^^a ^b"Mackay Lacus".USGS Astrogeology Science Center.USGS.Retrieved2013-12-28.