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| data-sort-value="1,000" | ca. 1,000,000?
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| colspan=2|[[Europa (moon)|Europa]] <br>(Jovian moon)
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| data-sort-value="30,000" | ca. 30,000,000 (global)
| data-sort-value="30,000" | ca. 30,000,000 (global)
| data-sort-value="75" | est. 50–100
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| possible global ocean under 10 to 30&nbsp;km of ice, perhaps twice the volume of Earth's ocean
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| colspan=2|[[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]] <br>(Jovian moon)
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| data-sort-value="80,000" | ca. 80,000,000 (global)
| data-sort-value="80,000" | ca. 80,000,000 (global)
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| colspan=2|[[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]] <br>(Jovian moon)
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| data-sort-value="65,000" | ca. 65,000,000 (global)
| data-sort-value="65,000" | ca. 65,000,000 (global)
| data-sort-value="150" | 120–180
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| colspan=2|[[Enceladus]] <br>(Saturnian moon)
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| data-sort-value="2" | ?
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| data-sort-value="8" | up to 8
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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
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

  1. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

See also

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