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Lacunae on Titan

13 named features carry the IAU descriptor Lacuna — an irregular depression, read as the bed of a lake that has dried on Titan. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.

Named
13
of 304 named places on Titan — 4.3%
Largest
449 km
Woytchugga Lacuna
Median size
42 km
Across the 13 with a measured diameter
Named between
2010–2022
IAU approval dates

How lacunae on Titan get their names

The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 13 lacunae with a recorded origin, 12 categories appear, led by Australia.

Australia2Kenya1India1Slovenia1Bosnia and Herzegovina1Tunisia1Mongolia1Botswana1

All 13 lacunae on Titan

Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.