List of geological features on Titan#Sinus

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Albedo features on Titan are named after sacred or enchanted places in world mythologies and literature.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Albedo%20Feature|title=Titan albedo features|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Titanean arcūs (arc-shaped features) are named after deities of happiness.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/7012;jsessionid=312A3D1B9696BFB49DFAE02DEFE620AC?__fsk=886086756|title=Titan arcus|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Colles are small hills or knobs which are named after characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.{{cite web|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Collis,%20colles|title=Titan Colles|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=June 26, 2015}}

Craters on Titan are named after deities of wisdom.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Crater,%20craters|title=Titan craters|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Faculae (bright spots) are named after islands on Earth that are not politically independent.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Facula,%20faculae|title=Titan facula, faculae|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}} Groups of faculae are named after archipelagos on Earth.

The term "fluctus" refers to flow terrain. Fluctūs on Titan are named after mythological figures associated with beauty.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Fluctus,%20fluct%C5%ABs|title=Titan fluctus|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

A flumen is a feature that looks like a channel carved by liquid. Flumina refers to a network of rivers. Some flumina are not found near liquid bodies, which are labelled as "dry valley". They are named after mythical or imaginary rivers.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Flumen,%20flumina|title=Titan river, rivers|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

A fretum (plural freta) is a strait of liquid connecting two larger liquid bodies. They are named after characters from the Foundation series of science fiction novels by Isaac Asimov.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Fretum,%20freta|title=Titan fretum|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Insulae are islands within Titan's seas. They are named after legendary islands.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Insula,%20insulae|title=Titan islands|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

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Labyrinthi (complexes of intersecting valleys or ridges){{cite book |last=Greeley |first=Ronald |title=Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-86711-5 |page=32}} on Titan are named after planets from the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.{{cite web |url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/369-New-Name,-Descriptor-Term,-and-Theme-Approved-for-Use-on-Titan.html |title=Hot Topics: New Name, Descriptor Term, and Theme Approved for Use on Titan |first=Jennifer |last=Blue |website=USGS Astrogeology |date=August 4, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101075856/http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?%2Farchives%2F369-New-Name%2C-Descriptor-Term%2C-and-Theme-Approved-for-Use-on-Titan.html |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Titan Labyrinthi|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Labyrinthus,%20labyrinthi|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature}}

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Lacunae are dark areas with the appearance of dry lake beds, which are named after intermittent lakes on Earth.{{cite web |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Lacuna,%20lacunae |title=Titan Lacunae |website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date=June 26, 2015}}

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Lacūs (plural form of lacus used in Titan geological nomenclature) are hydrocarbon lakes.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Lacus,%20lac%C5%ABs|title=Titan lakes|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Large ring features are named after deities of wisdom in world mythology.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Large%20ringed%20feature|title=Titan large ringed feature|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Titanean maculae (dark spots) are named after deities of happiness, peace, and harmony in world mythology.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Macula,%20maculae|title=Titan macula, maculae|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

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Maria (plural of mare) are hydrocarbon seas.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Mare,%20maria|title=Titan mare, maria|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Mountains are named after mountains from the fictional Middle-Earth created by J.R.R. Tolkien.{{cite web |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Mons,%20montes |title=Titan Mons, Montes |website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date=October 27, 2015}}

Paterae are caldera or deep-wall craters with a possible volcanic origin. Sotra Patera was formerly named Sotra Facula, which followed the naming theme for Faculae.{{Cite web|title=Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Sotra Patera on Titan|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15077|access-date=2021-10-08|website=planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov}} No nomenclature currently exists for this class of features on Titan.

Planitiae (low plains) on Titan are named after planets from the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.{{cite web |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Planitia,%20planitiae |title=Titan Planitiae |website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date=January 3, 2015}}

Regiones (regions distinctly different from their surroundings) are named after deities of peace and happiness.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Regio,%20regiones|title=Titan regio, regiones|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Sinus (bays) within seas or lakes are named after terrestrial bays, coves, fjords or inlets.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Sinus,%20sin%C5%ABs|title=Titan sinus (bays)|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Terrae are extensive landmasses. As with the albedo features, they are named after sacred and enchanted locations from cultures across the world.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Terra,%20terrae|title=Titan terra, terrae|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Undae are dune fields. On Titan they are named after Greek deities of wind.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Unda,%20undae|title=Titan unde, undae|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Virgae (streaks of colour) are named after rain gods in world mythologies.{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Virga,%20virgae|title=Titan virga, virgae|website=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=14 March 2020}}

Because the exact nature of many surface features remain mysterious, a number of features took time to receive formal names and are known by nicknames. In most cases, indications of brightness and darkness refer not to visible light, but to the infrared images used to look through Titan's obscuring haze.{{Cite journal|last1=Barnes|first1=Jason W.|last2=Brown|first2=Robert H.|last3=Turtle|first3=Elizabeth P.|last4=McEwen|first4=Alfred S.|last5=Lorenz|first5=Ralph D.|last6=Janssen|first6=Michael|last7=Schaller|first7=Emily L.|last8=Brown|first8=Michael E.|last9=Buratti|first9=Bonnie J.|last10=Sotin|first10=Christophe|last11=Griffith|first11=Caitlin|date=2005-10-07|title=A 5-Micron-Bright Spot on Titan: Evidence for Surface Diversity|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1117075|journal=Science|language=en|volume=310|issue=5745|pages=92–95|doi=10.1126/science.1117075|issn=0036-8075|pmid=16210535|bibcode=2005Sci...310...92B |s2cid=34297718|url-access=subscription}}

• 'The Sickle': a large, dark, sickle-shaped region identified by the Hubble Space Telescope.
• 'Throat of Kraken': unofficial name for the strait that separates the north and south basins of Kraken Mare, before officially being named Seldon Fretum. It was used in early publications that hypothesized about its role with tidal dissipation and surface currents between the two basins of Kraken Mare.{{Cite journal|last1=Lorenz|first1=Ralph D.|last2=Kirk|first2=Randolph L.|last3=Hayes|first3=Alexander G.|last4=Anderson|first4=Yanhua Z.|last5=Lunine|first5=Jonathan I.|last6=Tokano|first6=Tetsuya|last7=Turtle|first7=Elizabeth P.|last8=Malaska|first8=Michael J.|last9=Soderblom|first9=Jason M.|last10=Lucas|first10=Antoine|last11=Karatekin|first11=Özgür|date=2014-07-15|title=A radar map of Titan Seas: Tidal dissipation and ocean mixing through the throat of Kraken|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103514001973|journal=Icarus|language=en|volume=237|pages=9–15|doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2014.04.005|bibcode=2014Icar..237....9L |issn=0019-1035|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Tokano|first1=Tetsuya|last2=Lorenz|first2=Ralph D.|last3=Van Hoolst|first3=Tim|date=2014-11-01|title=Numerical simulation of tides and oceanic angular momentum of Titan's hydrocarbon seas|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103514004357|journal=Icarus|language=en|volume=242|pages=188–201|doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.021|bibcode=2014Icar..242..188T |issn=0019-1035|url-access=subscription}}

• Lakes of Titan

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• [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/TITAN/target USGS: Titan nomenclature]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221055146/http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/SystemSearch2.jsp?System=Saturn USGS links to PDF maps with nomenclature]

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