{{Short description|Sea on Titan}} {{Infobox feature on celestial object |name = Punga Mare |image = [[Image:Punga Mare crop.jpg|250px]] |caption = Punga Mare from a false-color mosaic of [[synthetic aperture radar]] images of Titan's north polar region. A northern extension of [[Kraken Mare]] enters the view at lower right. |type = Mare |coordinates = {{coord|85|N|340|W|globe:titan_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |diameter = 380 km<ref group="note" name="qualifier">The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.</ref> |eponym = [[Punga (mythology)|Punga]] }}
'''Punga Mare''' {{IPAc-en|'|p|V|N|@}}{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} is a [[Lakes of Titan|lake]] in the north polar region of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the planet [[Saturn]]'s largest moon. After [[Kraken Mare]] and [[Ligeia Mare]], it is the third largest known body of liquid on Titan.<ref name = "USGS">{{cite web | title = Titan maria | work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | publisher = [[USGS Astrogeology Science Center]] | date = | url = https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=TITAN&featureType=Mare%2C%20maria | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2012-03-16}}</ref> It is composed of liquid [[Hydrocarbon|hydrocarbons]] (mainly [[methane]] and [[ethane]]). Located almost adjacent to the north pole at 85.1° N, 339.7° W, it measures roughly 380 km (236 mi) across,<ref name = "USGS"/><ref group="note" name="qualifier"/> greater than the length of [[Lake Victoria]] on [[Earth]]. Its surface area is ~61,000 km<sup>2</sup> (23,522 sq. mi).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hayes|first=Alexander G.|date=2016-06-29|title=The Lakes and Seas of Titan|url=http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-earth-060115-012247|journal=Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences|language=en|volume=44|issue=1|pages=57–83|doi=10.1146/annurev-earth-060115-012247|bibcode=2016AREPS..44...57H |issn=0084-6597|doi-access=free}}</ref> Its namesake is [[Punga (mythology)|Punga]], in [[Māori people|Māori]] mythology ancestor of [[shark]]s, [[Batoidea|rays]] and [[lizard]]s and a son of [[Tangaroa]], the god of the sea.<ref name = "USGS"/>
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== External links == {{portal|Lakes|Solar System}} * [https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/titan_northpole_new.pdf Labelled map of the liquid bodies in the north polar region of Titan] {{Titan}}
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