We have investigated the (001) surface structure of lithium titanate (Li₂TiO₃) using auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Li₂TiO₃ is a potential fusion reactor blanket material. After annealing at 1200 K, LEED demonstrated that the Li₂TiO₃(001) surface was well ordered and not reconstructed. STM imaging showed that terraces are separated in height by about 0.3 nm suggesting a single termination layer. Moreover, hexagonal patterns with a periodicity of 0.4 nm are observed. On the basis of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, these are interpreted as a dynamic arrangement of Li atoms.