Lake Mâțelor
| Lake Mâțelor | |
|---|---|
| Lacul Mâţelor (Romanian) | |
  Lake Mâțelor | |
| Location | Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania |
| Coordinates | 45°52′37″N 24°04′07″E / 45.87707°N 24.06848°E |
| Type | Salt lake |
| Surface area | 1,232.5 m2 (13,267 sq ft) |
| Max. depth | 74.70 m (245.1 ft) |
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.
Name
[edit]Lacul Mâţelor means lake of the small cats or lake of the kittens.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Auster
- Lake Avram Iancu-Ocniţa
- Balta cu Nămol
- Brâncoveanu
- Cloşca
- Crişan
- Lacul Fără Fund
- Gura Minei
- Horea
- Mâţelor
- Negru
- Pânzelor
- Rândunica
- Verde (Freshwater lake)
- Vrăjitoarelor (Freshwater lake)
Sources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului". www.ocna-sibiu.ro. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.