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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Balaton Lacus

Basic Info

Feature Name Balaton Lacus
Clean Name Balaton Lacus
Feature ID 15631
Target Titan
Feature Type Lacus, lacūs

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 83.30 °
Southmost Latitude 82.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 84.50 °
Westmost Longitude 89.70 °
Diameter 35.60 km
Center Latitude 82.90 °
Center Longitude 87.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 07, 2017
Continent Europe
Culture Hungary
Origin Lake in Hungary.
Reference [349] - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS). https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
Updated Aug 07, 2017 9:55 AM

PDF Maps of Titan

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