Lake Gura Minei

Lake Gura Minei
Lake Gura Minei
Location	Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates	45°52′24″N 24°03′53″E / 45.8732°N 24.0648°E / 45.8732; 24.0648Coordinates: 45°52′24″N 24°03′53″E / 45.8732°N 24.0648°E / 45.8732; 24.0648
Type	Salt lake
Native name	Lacul Gura Minei  (Romanian)
Surface area	969.33 m2 (10,433.8 sq ft)
Max. depth	27 metres (89 ft)

Lake Gura Minei (Romanian: Lacul Gura Minei) 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

Name[]

Literally translated from Romanian, "Lacul Gura Minei" means "the mine's mouth lake".

History[]

Lake Gura Minei was formed by the collapse of a shaft in the north of the Ignaţiu salt mine, opened in 1780. The salt mine was abandoned in 1931 and today forms a huge underground lake with a surface of over 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft).

Information[]

• Surface: 969.33 square metres (10,433.8 sq ft)
• Maximum depth: 27 metres (89 ft)

Lakes of the salt mine[]

• Auster
• Lake Avram Iancu-Ocniţa
• Balta cu Nămol
• Brâncoveanu
• Lacul Fără Fund
• Gura Minei
• Horea
• Mâţelor
• Negru
• Pânzelor
• Rândunica
• Verde (Freshwater lake)
• Vrăjitoarelor (Freshwater lake)

References[]

• "Lacuri Naturale". Ocna Sibiului. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

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