Sinus on Titan
28 named features carry the IAU descriptor Sinus — a bay-shaped dark plain on Titan, out of 40 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
28
of 304 named places on Titan — 9.2%
Largest
253 km
Walvis Sinus
Median size
97 km
Across the 28 with a measured diameter
Named between
2015–2022
IAU approval dates
How sinus on Titan get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 28 sinus with a recorded origin, 25 categories appear, led by Canada.
Canada3Japan2Namibia1Scotland1Tunisia1New Zealand1Greenland1Costa Rica1
All 28 sinus on Titan
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Walvis Sinus253 kmMoray Sinus204 kmGabes Sinus147 kmWakasa Sinus146 kmOkahu Sinus141 kmTunu Sinus134 kmNicoya Sinus130 kmGenova Sinus125 kmKumbaru Sinus122 kmTrold Sinus118 kmFlensborg Sinus115 kmBaffin Sinus110 kmPatos Sinus103 kmArnar Sinus101 kmPuget Sinus93 kmRombaken Sinus92.5 kmMaizuru Sinus92 kmFundy Sinus91 kmMontego Sinus83 kmDingle Sinus80 kmSkelton Sinus73 kmBoni Sinus54 kmAvacha Sinus51 kmManza Sinus37 kmFagaloa Sinus33 kmTumaco Sinus31 kmLulworth Sinus24 kmSaldanha Sinus18 km
Sinus elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 1 other world, for 12 more features.