Ontario Lacus

**Ontario Lacus**
	Ontario Lacus is the dark shape near the centre-left of this image of Titan's south pole.
Feature on Titan
Type	Lacus
Latitude	72S
Longitude	183W
Diameter	235 km (146 mi)
Eponym	Lake Ontario
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Ontario Lacus is a lake filled with methane and ethane near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. It was identified as a hydrocarbon lake and confirmed^[1] by data from the Cassini spacecraft. This discovery was announced in the 31 July 2008 edition of Nature. Ontario Lacus is about 20,000 km² in area, and is named after Lake Ontario in North America, which is a similar size and shape.

References

↑ "NASA Confirms Liquid Lake On Saturn Moon". NASA. 2007-07-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2007-07-30.

Other websites

Staff (2008-08-03). "Titan's Ethane Lake". Astrobiology Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

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[1] "NASA Confirms Liquid Lake On Saturn Moon". NASA. 2007-07-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2007-07-30.

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