Lacul Fără Fund (Ocna Sibiului)

Lacul Fără Fund
Lacul Fără Fund
Lacul Lemnelor
	Lacul Fără Fund
Location	Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates	45°52′34″N 24°04′03″E / 45.87615°N 24.06757°E
Type	Salt lake
Surface area	1,665 m2 (17,920 sq ft)
Max. depth	32 m (105 ft)

Lacul Fără Fund (also called Lacul Lemnelor) 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.^[1]

Name

In Romanian, Lacul Fără Fund means The Bottomless Lake, which is an obvious reference to its high depth. The other name, Lacul Lemnelor means Lake of the wood.

History

The lake was formed on the site of the Francisc Grube salt mine, which was abandoned in 1775 due to water infiltrations.

Information

Surface: 1,665 square metres (17,920 sq ft)
Maximum depth: 32 metres (105 ft)
Salinity: 96 g/L (at the surface), 318 g/L (at 6 m depth)

Lakes of the salt mine

References

^ "Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului". www.ocna-sibiu.ro. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-05-15.

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^ "Despre Ocna Sibiului Romania | Prezentare, imagini, informatii turistice si detalii despre statiunea Ocna Sibiului".

[1] "Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului". www.ocna-sibiu.ro. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-05-15.

[2] "Despre Ocna Sibiului Romania | Prezentare, imagini, informatii turistice si detalii despre statiunea Ocna Sibiului".

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