Sotonera Lacus

Sotonera Lacus
	False-color Cassini synthetic aperture radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Bolsena Lacus is at center, with Sotonera Lacus to its upper right.
Feature type	Lacus
Coordinates	76°45′N 17°29′W / 76.75°N 17.49°W
Diameter	63 km
Eponym	Lake Sotonera

Sotonera Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.^[1]

Sotonera Lacus is located near the north pole of Titan, centered on latitude 76.75°N and longitude 17.49°W, and measures 63 km in length.^[1]^{[note 1]} It is situated in a north polar region where the majority of Titan's large lakes are found.

The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,^[2] and was detected by the space probe Cassini. It was named in 2007 after Lake Sotonera in Spain.^[1]

Sotonera mid foreground
Lakes, including Sotonera
Titan northern hemisphere including Sotonera

Notes

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sotonera Lacus". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-31. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
^ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5. OCLC 144226016.

External links

USGS labelled synthetic aperture radar map of Titan's north polar region

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

[USGS-2] "Sotonera Lacus". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-31. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

[Coustenis2008-3] Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5. OCLC 144226016.

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