Koitere Lacus

Koitere Lacus
	False-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Koitere Lacus in the middle distance, to the left of center, with a prominent island.
Feature type	Lacus
Coordinates	79.4°N 36.14°W
Diameter	68 km[note 1]
Eponym	Koitere

Koitere Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,[1] and was detected by the space probe Cassini.

The lacus is located at coordinates 79.4°N and 36.14°W on Titan's globe,[2] in a region close to the north pole where most of Titan's lakes are located. The lake is 68 km in length,[note 1] and is named after Koitere, a lake in Finland.[2]

Notes

The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

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References

Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
"Koitere Lacus". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2015-05-23. External link in |work= (help)

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[qualifier-1] The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

[Coustenis2008-2] Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.

[USGS-3] "Koitere Lacus". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2015-05-23. External link in |work= (help)