What is Kraken Mare?
{{Infobox |name=Infobox/doc |title='''Kraken Mare''' |image=[[File:Kraken mare.jpg|thumb|250px|Kraken Mare.]] |caption=A radar picture (top) mixed with a visible light picture of Titan's north pole, showing the full size of Kraken Mare. |header1=Feature on Titan |label2=Type ||data2=Mare |label3=Latitude ||data3=68N |label4=Longitude||data4= 310W |label5=Diameter ||data5= {{convert|1170|km|abbr=on}} |label6=Eponym ||data6= Kraken |below= }} '''Kraken Mare''' is the largest known [[Lakes of Titan|lake]] on the surface of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. It was discovered in [[2007]] by the [[Huygen-Cassini|Cassini probe]] and was named in 2008 after the [[Kraken]], a legendary [[sea monster]].<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=6&bodyID=30&typeID=25&system=Saturn&body=Titan&type=Mare,%20maria&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results]</ref> Kraken Mare is believed to be the largest of seas and lakes near Titan's north pole. It was discovered as a sea of [[hydrocarbon]]s by [[radar]] pictures. Only a small part of the sea has been pictured by radar, but its full size is seen in [[visible light]] pictures. Kraken Mare is believed to be similar in size to the [[Caspian Sea]].<ref>[http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2539 Cassini-Huygens: Multimedia-Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> An island in the sea is named [[Mayda Insula]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons|Special:Search/Kraken_Mare}} * [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/NP_lakes_low_noboundaries.pdf Map of Titan's north pole, based on radar imagery, showing Kraken Mare's location] {{Solar System}} [[Category:Saturn's moons]]