Kraken Mare

English

False color image of Kraken Mare

Etymology

Approved by the IAU 11 April 2008, Kraken (a sea monster from Norse mythology) + mare (a large expanse of liquid hydrocarbons), from Norwegian kraken + Latin mare (sea).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kraken Mare

  1. The largest of the methane lakes on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan.

See also

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