Koitere Lacus

{{short description|Lake on Titan}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

|name = Koitere Lacus

|image = 240px

|caption = False-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Koitere Lacus in the middle distance, to the left of center, with a prominent island.

|type = Lacus

|coordinates = {{coord|79.4|N|36.14|W|globe:titan_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|diameter = 68 kmThe USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

|eponym = Koitere

}}

Koitere Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,{{cite book|last1=Coustenis | first1 = A. | last2 = Taylor |first2 = F. W.|title=Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3O47dxrDAQC&pg=PA154|date=21 July 2008|publisher=World Scientific|pages= 154–155|isbn= 978-981-281-161-5}} and was detected by the space probe Cassini.

The lacus is located at coordinates 79.4°N and 36.14°W on Titan's globe,{{cite web

| title = Koitere Lacus

| website = planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov

| publisher = USGS | url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14317

| accessdate = 2015-05-23}} in a region close to the north pole where most of Titan's lakes are located. The lake is 68 km in length,The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension. and is named after Koitere, a lake in Finland.