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.
Lake Mâțelor | |
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Lacul Mâţelor (Romanian) | |
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) |
Name
editLacul Mâţelor means lake of the small cats or lake of the kittens.
History
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului". www.ocna-sibiu.ro. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.