Hammar Lacus

Coordinates: 48°36′N 308°17′W / 48.6°N 308.29°W / 48.6; -308.29
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Hammar Lacus
Hammar Lake

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

The lake is located at

Hammar Lake in southern Iraq, its name being adopted by the IAU on Dec 3, 2013.[2] Its area is given as 18600 km2.[4]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Map of the liquid bodies in the north polar region of Titan.
  2. ^ a b "Hammar Lacus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
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