This is a list of named geological features on Saturn's moon Titan. Official names for these features have only been announced since the 2000s, as Titan's surface was virtually unknown before the arrival of the Cassini–Huygens probe.
The largest single feature on Titan is Xanadu, a highly reflective ridgelike area close to the satellite's equatory. Some features were known by informal nicknames beforehand; these names are noted where appropriate. Note that some features with a physical size given by "diameter" may not be circular; then the number refers to the length.
Albedo features
Albedo features on Titan are named after sacred or enchanted places in world mythologies and literature.
Bright albedo features
Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named After Ref Adiri 0 2006 Adiri, Melanesian paradise Dilmun 0 2006 Dilmun, Sumerian heaven Quivira 0 2006 Quivira, legendary city in southwestern America Tsegihi 0 2006 Tsegihi, Navajo sacred place Xanadu 3400 2006 Xanadu, an imaginary palace in Coleridge's Kubla Khan
Dark albedo features Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named After Informal Name Ref Aaru 0 2006 Aaru, Egyptian paradise Aztlan 0 2006 Aztlán, mythical Aztec homeland Southern part of 'Lying H' Belet 0 2006 Belet, Malay paradise Ching-tu 0 2006 Ching-tu, Chinese Buddhist paradise Fensal 0 2006 Fensalir, Norse heavenly mansion Northern part of 'Lying H' Mezzoramia 0 2006 Mezzoramia, African oasis of happiness from Italian legend Senkyo 0 2006 Senkyo, Japanese paradise Shangri-La 0 2006 Shangri-La, Tibetan paradise
Arcūs Titanean arcūs (arc-shaped features) are named after deities of happiness.
Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named After Ref Hotei Arcus 600 2006 Hotei, Japanese god
Colles Colles are small hills or knobs which are named after characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named After Ref Arwen Colles 64 19 December 2012 Arwen, character from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy Bilbo Colles 164 19 December 2012 Bilbo Baggins, titular character of Tolkien's The Hobbit Faramir Colles 82 19 December 2012 Faramir, character from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy Gandalf Colles 102 20 July 2015 Gandalf, character from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy Handir Colles 100 19 December 2012 Handir, character from Tolkien's The Silmarillion Nimloth Colles 90 19 December 2012 Nimloth, name of a character and a tree from Tolkien's Middle-Earth
Craters Craters on Titan are named after deities of wisdom.
Name Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named After Informal Name Ref Afekan 115.0 4 August 2008 Afekan, New Guinean creator goddess Beag 145.0 15 April 2015 Beag, Irish/Celtic goddess Forseti 115.0 15 April 2015 Forseti, Norse god Hano 100.0 23 December 2011 Hano, Bella Coola (northwestern USA and western Canada) goddess of education knowledge and magic. She manifested as a shaman so she could teach the people Ksa 29.0 11 October 2006 Ksa, Lakota/Oglala spirit Menrva 392.0 2006 Menrva, Etruscan goddess 'Circus Maximus' Momoy 40.0 23 December 2011 Momoy, Chumash ancestor shaman and goddess of magic Mystis 20.0 20 July 2015 Mystis, Greek nymph Selk 80.0 15 February 2008 Selk, Egyptian goddess Sinlap 80.0 2006 Sinlap, Kachin spirit Soi 75.0 3 February 2012 Soi, Melanesian (New Ireland Island Papua New Guinea) god of wisdom
Faculae Faculae (bright spots) are named after islands on Earth that are not politically independent. Groups of faculae are named after archipelagos on Earth.
Facula Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named after Informal name Ref Antilia Faculae 260 2006 Antillia, mythical Atlantic archipelago Bazaruto Facula 215 2006 Bazaruto, Mozambique island Coats Facula 80 2006 Coats Island, Canada Crete Facula 680 2006 Crete, Greek island Elba Facula 250 2006 Elba, Italian island Kerguelen Facula 135 2006 Kerguelen Islands, French subantarctic island Mindanao Facula 210 2006 Mindanao, Philippine island 'Ireland' Nicobar Faculae 575 2006 Nicobar Islands, Indian archipelago Oahu Facula 465 2006 Oahu, Hawaiian island Santorini Facula 140 2006 Santorini, Greek island Shikoku Facula 285 2006 Shikoku, Japanese island 'Great Britain' Tasmania Facula 26 14 April 2022 Tasmania Texel Facula 190 2006 Texel, Dutch island 'Manhattan' Tortola Facula 65 2006 Tortola, British Virgin Islands 'The Snail' Vis Facula 215 2006 Vis, Croatian island
Fluctūs The term "fluctus" refers to flow terrain. Fluctūs on Titan are named after mythological figures associated with beauty.
Fluctus Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named after Ref Ara Fluctus 70 2 March 2007 Ara the Beautiful, Armenian legendary figure Leilah Fluctus 190 2 March 2007 Layla, Persian goddess Mohini Fluctus 347 13 November 2012 Mohini, Indian goddess of beauty and magic Rohe Fluctus 103 2 March 2007 Rohe, Māori goddess Winia Fluctus 300 2 March 2007 Winia, Indonesian first woman
Flumina 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.
Flumina Coordinates Liquid Body"Dry valleys" apply to rivers that are not directly connected to a known liquid body (Mare or lacus). Length (km) Approval Date Named after RefApanohuaya Flumen Punga Mare 64 12 March 2020 Apanohuaya, mythological river in the Aztec Underworld Celadon Flumina dry valley 160 8 October 2014 Celadon, river in Homer's Iliad Elivagar Flumina dry valley 260 27 September 2007 The Élivágar, a group of ice rivers in Norse mythology Gihon Flumen Ligeia Mare 225 14 December 2020 Gihon, Biblical second river of paradise that flows from Eden Hubur Flumen Ontario Lacus 84 27 December 2015 Hubur, river of the underworld in Mesopotamian mythology Karesos Flumen Ontario Lacus 83 27 December 2015 River in Homer's Iliad Kokytos Flumina Ligeia Mare 305 14 December 2020 Cocytus, river of lamentations in the Greek underworld Sambation Flumina Punga Mare 210 14 December 2020 Sambation, legendary river in Jewish literature Saraswati Flumen Ontario Lacus >300 27 December 2015 Saraswati, river in Hindu mythology Vid Flumina Ligeia Mare 400 13 February 2013 One of the rivers in Élivágar. Xanthus Flumen Ligeia Mare 78 6 November 2015 Name of the Gods of the river Skamandros in the Iliad.
Freta 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. Fretum Coordinates Length (km) Approval Date Named after Informal name RefBayta Fretum 165 19 January 2015 Bayta Darell, fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, wife of the Trader Toran Darell and grandmother of famous author Arcadia Darell. Hardin Fretum 246 19 January 2015 Salvor Hardin, fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, first Mayor of the planet Terminus. Seldon Fretum 67 19 January 2015 Hari Seldon, the fictional, intellectual hero of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, First Minister of the Galactic Empire. 'Throat of Kraken' Trevize Fretum 173 19 January 2015 Golan Trevize, fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, councilman of the planet Terminus.
Insulae Insulae are islands within Titan's seas. They are named after legendary islands.
Insula Coordinates Liquid body Diameter (km) Approval Date Named after RefBermoothes Insula Kraken Mare 124 19 January 2015 Bermoothes, an enchanted island in Shakespeare's Tempest Bimini Insula Kraken Mare 39 19 January 2015 Bimini, island in Arawak legend said to contain the fountain of youth. Bralgu Insula Ligeia Mare 55 19 January 2015 Baralku, in Yolngu culture, the island of the dead and the place where the Djanggawul, the three creator siblings, originated. Buyan Insula Ligeia Mare 48 19 January 2015 Buyan, a rocky island in Russian folk tales located on the south shore of Baltic Sea Hawaiki Insulae Punga Mare 35 14 December 2020 Hawaiki, original home island of the Polynesian people in local mythology Hufaidh Insulae Kraken Mare 152 19 January 2015 Hufaidh, legendary island in the marshes of southern Iraq Krocylea Insulae Kraken Mare 74 19 January 2015 Crocylea, mythological Greek island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca Mayda Insula Kraken Mare 168 11 April 2008 Mayda, legendary island in the northeast Atlantic Meropis Insula Punga Mare 30 14 December 2020 Meropis, fictional island mentioned by ancient Greek writer Theopompus in his work Philippica Onogoro Insula Punga Mare 15 14 December 2020 Onogoro Island, Japanese mythological island Penglai Insula Kraken Mare 94 19 January 2015 Penglai, mythological Chinese mountain island where immortals and gods lived. Planctae Insulae Ligeia Mare 64 19 January 2015 Symplegades, the "clashing rocks" in Bosphorus which only Argo was said to have successfully passed. Royllo Insula Kraken Mare 103 19 January 2015 Royllo, legendary island in the Atlantic, on verge of unknown, near Antilla and Saint Brandan.
Labyrinthi
Labyrinthi (complexes of intersecting valleys or ridges) on Titan are named after planets from the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.
Labyrinthus Coordinates Diameter (km) Approval Date Named after RefAnbus Labyrinthus 120 1 March 2017 Anbus Corrin Labyrinthus 280 14 September 2017 Corrin Ecaz Labyrinthus 360 8 October 2014 Ecaz Gammu Labyrinthus 115 8 March 2017 Gammu Gamont Labyrinthus 130 1 March 2017 Gamont Gansireed Labyrinthus 300 8 March 2017 Gansireed Ginaz Labyrinthus 160 1 March 2017 Ginaz Grumann Labyrinthus 540 1 March 2017 Grumann Harmonthep Labyrinthus 363 14 September 2017 Harmonthep Ipyr Labyrinthus 76.97 14 December 2020 Ipyr Junction Labyrinthus 484 1 March 2017 Junction Kaitain Labyrinthus 196 8 October 2014 Kaitain Kronin Labyrinthus 270 1 March 2017 Kronin Lampadas Labyrinthus 445 8 March 2017 Lampadas Lankiveil Labyrinthus 450 1 March 2017 Lankiveil Lernaeus Labyrinthus 167 8 March 2017 Lernaeus Muritan Labyrinthus 200 8 March 2017 Muritan Naraj Labyrinthus 115 8 March 2017 Naraj Niushe Labyrinthus 222 14 September 2017 Niushe Palma Labyrinthus 69 8 March 2017 Palma Richese Labyrinthus 200 8 October 2014 Richese Salusa Labyrinthus 126 14 September 2017 Salusa Sikun Labyrinthus 175 6 January 2010 Sikun Tleilax Labyrinthus 207 1 March 2017 Tleilax Tupile Labyrinthus 84 20 July 2015 Tupile
Lacunae
Lacunae are dark areas with the appearance of dry lake beds, which are named after intermittent lakes on Earth.
Lacunae Coordinates Length (km) Approval Date Named after RefAtacama Lacuna 35.9 21 December 2010 Salar de Atacama, intermittent lake in Chile Cerknica Lacuna 96 13 April 2022 Intermittent lake in Slovenia Eyre Lacuna 25.4 21 December 2010 Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia Jerid Lacuna 42.6 21 December 2010 Chott el Djerid, intermittent lake in Tunisia Kutch Lacuna 175 3 December 2013 Great Rann of Kutch, intermittent lake on Pakistani-Indian border Melrhir Lacuna 23 21 December 2010 Chott Melrhir, intermittent lake in Algeria Nakuru Lacuna 188 3 December 2013 Lake Nakuru, intermittent lake in Kenya Ngami Lacuna 37.2 21 December 2010 Lake Ngami, in Botswana, and like its terrestrial namesake is considered to be endorheic. Orog Lacuna 42 13 April 2022 Intermittent lake in Mongolia Racetrack Lacuna 9.9 21 December 2010 Racetrack Playa, intermittent lake in California, USA Uyuni Lacuna 27 21 December 2010 Salar de Uyuni, intermittent lake and world's largest salt flat in Bolivia Veliko Lacuna 93 20 July 2015 Veliko Lake, intermittent lake in Bosnia-Herzegovina Woytchugga Lacuna 449 3 December 2013 Indications are that it is an intermittent lake and so was named in 2013 after Lake Woytchugga near Wilcannia, Australia.
Lacūs
Lacūs (plural form of lacus used in Titan geological nomenclature) are hydrocarbon lakes.
Large ringed features