Lake_Mâţelor

Lake Mâțelor

Lake Mâțelor

Salt lake in Transylvania, Romania

Lake Mâţelor (Romanian: Lacul Mâţelor) is a natural salt lake in the town of Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is one of the many lakes of the Ocna Sibiului mine, a large salt mine which has one of the largest salt reserves in Romania.

Ocna Sibiului within the Sibiu County
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Name

Lacul Mâţelor means lake of the small cats or lake of the kittens.

History

The salt mine on which it is located is not documented, but it was exploited in the late middle-ages with a bell-system, at a depth of more than 80 m through two wells.

Information

  • Surface: 1,232.5 square metres (13,267 sq ft)
  • Maximum Depth: 74.70 metres (245.1 ft) (2nd of the mine's lakes, behind Lake Avram Iancu-Ocniţa)
  • Salinity: 34 g/L at the surface, up to 323 g/L at 8.5 m depth.

Lakes of the salt mine

Sources

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References

  1. [1]
    "Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului". www.ocna-sibiu.ro. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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