Lake Mâțelor

Lake Mâțelor
Lake Mâțelor
Location	Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates	45°52′37″N 24°04′07″E / 45.87707°N 24.06848°E / 45.87707; 24.06848Coordinates: 45°52′37″N 24°04′07″E / 45.87707°N 24.06848°E / 45.87707; 24.06848
Type	Salt lake
Native name	Lacul Mâţelor  (Romanian)
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.

Ocna Sibiului within the Sibiu County

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[]

• 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)

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