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Regiones on Titan

5 named features carry the IAU descriptor Regio — a large area distinguished by its brightness or colour on Titan, out of 51 in the mapped Solar System.

Named
5
of 304 named places on Titan — 1.6%
Largest
1,500 km
Concordia Regio
Median size
1,080 km
Across the 5 with a measured diameter
Named between
2006–2017
IAU approval dates

How regiones on Titan get their names

The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 5 regiones with a recorded origin, 5 categories appear, led by Roman.

Roman1China1Egypt1Puerto Rico1Japan1

All 5 regiones on Titan

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

Regiones elsewhere in the Solar System

The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 46 more features.