{{short description|Lake on Titan}} {{Infobox feature on celestial object |name = Abaya Lacus |image = Titan's "Kissing Lakes".jpg |caption = Titan's "kissing lakes", Abaya Lacus, as viewed by ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'''s [[synthetic aperture radar]]. |type = Lacus |coordinates = {{coord|73.2|N|45.6|W|globe:titan_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |diameter = 65&nbsp;km<ref group="note" name="qualifier">The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.</ref> |eponym = [[Lake Abaya]] }}

'''Abaya Lacus''' is one of a number of [[Lakes of Titan|hydrocarbon lakes]] found on Saturn's largest moon, [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref name = "USGS">{{cite web | title = Abaya Lacus | publisher = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] | url = https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14314 | accessdate = 2013-12-28}}</ref>

The lake is composed of [[liquid]] [[methane]] and [[ethane]],<ref name="Coustenis2008">{{cite book|last1=Coustenis | first1 = A. | last2 = Taylor |first2 = F. W.|title=Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3O47dxrDAQC&pg=PA154|date=21 July 2008|publisher=[[World Scientific]]|pages= 154–155|isbn= 978-981-281-161-5}}</ref> and was detected by the ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' [[space craft|space probe]].

Abaya Lacus is located at coordinates 73.17°[[North|N]] and 45.55°[[West|W]] on [[Titan (moon)|Titan's]] [[globe]] and is 65 [[Kilometre|km]] in length.<ref group="note" name="qualifier"/> It is named after [[Lake Abaya]] in [[Ethiopia]].<ref name = "USGS"/>

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