Nakuru Lacuna

{{short description|Largest intermittent lake on Titan}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

|name = Nakuru Lacuna

|image = PIA17470 Titan northern hemisphere.jpg

|caption = Cassini view of Titan's north polar seas and lakes in the near infrared.

|type = Lacus

|coordinates = {{coord|65.81|N|94|W|globe:titan_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|diameter = 175 km

|eponym =

}}

Nakuru Lacuna is the largest intermittent lake on Titan.{{Cite web|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Lacuna,%20lacunae|title=Planetary Names: Search Results}}

It is located at 65.81°N and 94°W[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Lacuna,%20lacunae Planetary names] on Titan's surface and is 175 km in length. The lake is composed of liquid ethane and methane,Athéna Coustenis, F. W. Taylor Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. (World Scientific, 2008) pp. 154–155. {{ISBN|978-981-270-501-3}}. and was detected by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.

Indications are that it is an intermittent lake and so was named in 2013[https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/508-Five-New-Names-Approved-for-Use-on-Titan.html Five New Names Approved for Use on Titan] after the Lake Nakuru, Kenya.[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15182;jsessionid=D4EC530ED2D6FA11F4D061801C776FD3 Nakuru Lacuna] at Planetary names.usgs.gov.

It is the sixth largest body of liquid hydrocarbon on Titan.