Xanadu (Titan)

An imaginary country in Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"

Xanadu is a highly reflective area on the leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Its name comes from an alternate transcription of Shangdu, the summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty established by Kublai Khan and made famous by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The feature was first identified in 1994 by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope at infrared wavelengths, and has recently been imaged in more detail by the Cassini space probe. Xanadu is about the size of Australia. (wikipedia entry)

A albedo feature is an area which shows a contrast in brightness or darkness (albedo) with adjacent areas. On Titan they are named after sacred or enchanted places, paradise, or celestial realms from legends, myths, stories, and poems of cultures from around the world.

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NW 1247 km

Mithrim Montes

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19 Hours 29 Minutes
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25 Days 20 Hours

N 1076 km

Ara Fluctus(next)

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16 Hours 49 Minutes
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22 Days 8 Hours

NE 923 km

Elivagar Flumina

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14 Hours 25 Minutes
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19 Days 3 Hours

W 1700 km

Veles

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1 Day 2 Hours
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35 Days 6 Hours

Xanadu

-15.0° N 260.0° E

E 2678 km

Doom Mons

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1 Day 17 Hours
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55 Days 13 Hours

SW 669 km

Eir Macula(last)

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10 Hours 28 Minutes
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13 Days 21 Hours

S 1083 km

Arrakis Planitia

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16 Hours 56 Minutes
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22 Days 11 Hours

SE 938 km

Hotei Arcus

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14 Hours 39 Minutes
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19 Days 10 Hours

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