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Ligeia Mare

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Ligeia Mare
Map of Ligeia Mare by an amateur cartographer
Feature on Titan
TypeMare
Latitude79N
Longitude248W
Diameter500 km (310 mi)
EponymLigeia
Comparison of Ligeia's size with Lake Superior on Earth

Ligeia Mare is a lake on Titan at 79.0° N, 248.0° W, measuring around 500 km in width. It is named after Ligeia, one of the sirens in Greek mythology. Ligeia Mare has been a proposed lake to land the Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer space probe

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