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| data-sort-value="30,000" | ca. 30,000,000 (global) |
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| possible global ocean under 10 to 30 km of ice, perhaps twice the volume of Earth's ocean |
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| data-sort-value="65,000" | ca. 65,000,000 (global) |
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Revision as of 00:35, 25 April 2014
Following are the largest lakes and seas on various worlds of the Solar System. Listed are single bodies of water or other liquid on or near the surface of a solid body (terrestrial planet, planetoid, or moon).
Cold surface oceans or lakes are found on two worlds, Earth and Saturn's moon Titan. Lava lakes are found on Earth and Jupiter's Galilean moon Io. Subsurface oceans or seas are suspected on the other Galilean moons, Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, and possibly on the asteroid Ceres.
Body | Lake/sea | Area (km2) | Average depth (km) | Notes | |
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Earth | Ocean Sea | 361,300,000 | 3.68 (max 11.02) | 71% of Earth's surface | |
Caspian Sea | 371,000 | 0.21 (max 1.02) | smallest ocean (geological) (0.07% of Earth's surface) | ||
Lake Huron–Michigan | 117,400 | 0.07 (max 0.28) | largest lake today (geological) | ||
West Siberian Glacial Lake | ca. 880,000 (50–60 ka) |
0.036 | glacial lakes during the Ice Age | ||
Lake Agassiz | ca. 440,000 (max) | ? | |||
1 Ceres (asteroid) |
ca. 1,000,000? | possible subsurface equatorial ocean | |||
Io (Jovian moon) |
Gish Bar Patera | 9,600 | ? | lava lakes | |
Loki Patera | < 32,000 | ? | |||
Europa (Jovian moon) |
ca. 30,000,000 (global) | est. 50–100 | possible global ocean under 10 to 30 km of ice, perhaps twice the volume of Earth's ocean | ||
Ganymede (Jovian moon) |
ca. 80,000,000 (global) | ? | possible global ocean under 200 km of ice | ||
Callisto (Jovian moon) |
ca. 65,000,000 (global) | 120–180 | possible global ocean under 135 to 150 km of ice | ||
Titan (Saturnian moon) |
Kraken Mare | ≈ 400,000 (0.5% of Titan's surface) |
? | hydrocarbon lakes | |
Ligeia Mare | 126,000 | (0.17 in places) | |||
water ocean | ca. 80,000,000 (global) |
< 300 | apparent global ocean under < 100 km of ice | ||
Enceladus (Saturnian moon) |
? | up to 8 | local or regional ocean at south pole, under 30 to 40 km of ice; volume ca. 10,000 km3[1] |
References
- ^ Grossman, L. (2014-04-03). "Buried 'Lake Superior' seen on Saturn's moon Enceladus". New Scientist web site. New Scientist. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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