False-color mosaic of synthetic aperture radar images showing all of Kraken Mare. The large island Mayda Insula is left of top center, and Jingpo Lacus is at upper left. A portion of Ligeia Mare enters the view at top right.
Feature type
Mare
Coordinates
68°N310°W / 68°N 310°W / 68; -310
Diameter
1,170 km[note 1]
Eponym
Kraken
Kraken Mare/ˈkrɑːkənˈmɑːreɪ/ is the largest known hydrocarbon sea on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. It was discovered by the space probe Cassini in 2006, and was named in 2008 after the Kraken, a legendary sea monster.[1] It covers an area slightly bigger than the Caspian Sea on Earth, making it the largest known lake in the Solar System.
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KrakenMare /ˈkrɑːkən ˈmɑːreɪ/ is the largest known hydrocarbon sea on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. It was discovered by the space probe Cassini...
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Mare, with an area of 126,000 km2 (49,000 sq mi), slightly larger than Lake Michigan–Huron, the largest freshwater lake on Earth; and another, Kraken...
Space Telescope. 'Throat of Kraken': unofficial name for the strait that separates the north and south basins of KrakenMare, before officially being named...
Saturn’s largest moon Titan, and will plausibly explore either KrakenMare or Ligeia Mare, two of Titan’s largest lakes. The concept was proposed by Steven...
largest sea, KrakenMare, during the northern summer. Tidal currents in narrow straits and summer winds were the probable causes of the Kraken sun glitter...
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methane–ethane lakes in Titan's north and south polar regions. The largest lake, KrakenMare, is larger than the Caspian Sea. Like Europa and Ganymede, it is believed...
existed. The island is the namesake of Mayda Insula, an island in the KrakenMare on Saturn's moon Titan. Pizigani brothers map (1367) as Brazir Catalan...
War Z (2013) The bay of Lulworth Sinus in the largest hydrocarbon sea, KrakenMare, on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is named after Lulworth Cove. Geology...
(45 mph) are expected to form over the large northern seas (KrakenMare, Ligeia Mare, Punga Mare) only in the northern summer, lasting up to ten days. Calculations...
M.; Le Gall, A. A. (2019-12-01). "The Bathymetry of Moray Sinus at KrakenMare". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 23. Bibcode:2019AGUFM.P23D3540P. Mastrogiuseppe...
False-color mosaic of synthetic aperture radar of KrakenMare on Titan, the largest known body of surface liquid beside Earth's Ocean. The large island...
Ontario Lacus. Several significantly larger hydrocarbon lakes, Ligeia Mare and KrakenMare being the two largest, were discovered near Titan's north pole using...
is not freely available), or turbines in large methane seas such as KrakenMare where the tidal pull of Saturn causes up to a meter of tidal change each...
thought to be mixed with liquid methane. The largest lake on Titan is KrakenMare which, at an estimated 400,000 km2, is roughly five times the size of...
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Rajani D.; Sotin, Christophe (2020-08-14). "Tidal Currents Detected in KrakenMare Straits from Cassini VIMS Sun Glitter Observations". The Planetary Science...
Optical Explorer Oleson, Steven: Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of KrakenMare Paul, Michael: SCEPS in Space - Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless...
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