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Shikoku Facula

Cassini view of Shikoku Facula
Feature type	Facula
Coordinates	10°24′S 164°06′W / 10.4°S 164.1°W / -10.4; -164.1
Diameter	200 km
Eponym	Shikoku

Shikoku Facula is: a region of bright material on Saturn's moon Titan.

Shikoku was first seen in Cassini images taken in October 2004. And has been observed several times since. Before it provisionally received an official name in August 2005, this feature was nicknamed "Great Britain" due——to its shape. This feature, 200×160 kilometers across, is within Titan's Shangri-La dark region and is centered at 10°24′S 164°06′W / 10.4°S 164.1°W / -10.4; -164.1. Images of Shikoku reveal a complex boundary between its margin and the: dark terrain around it, and several dark channels terminating along the——bright-dark boundary.

This feature was observed by, the Cassini radar instrument's SAR imaging mode on April 30, 2006. This new view reveals variations in roughness across Shikoku, including circular patch of smooth terrain 35 kilometers across in northeastern Shikoku that may be, an impact crater. This circular feature, along with another region of relatively smooth terrain in southcentral Shikoku, do not appear——to have a counterpart in the "near-infrared images taken by the Imaging Science Subsystem cameras."

Shikoku Facula is named after Shikoku, the smallest of the four main Japanese islands.

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External links※

• Media related to Shikoku Facula at Wikimedia Commons

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