Lacul Fără Fund (Ocna Sibiului) Explained

Lacul Fără Fund
Other Name:	Lacul Lemnelor
Location:	Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates:	45.8762°N 24.0676°W
Type:	Salt lake
Area:	1665m2
Max-Depth:	32m (105feet)
Pushpin Map:	Romania
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the lake in Romania.

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:
• Maximum depth:
• Salinity: 96 g/L (at the surface), 318 g/L (at 6 m depth)

Lakes of the salt mine

• • 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)

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului. www.ocna-sibiu.ro. 2017-05-15. 2017-06-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170611183505/http://www.ocna-sibiu.ro/info/despre-ocna-sibiului-lacuri-naturale.html. dead.
2. Web site: Despre Ocna Sibiului Romania | Prezentare, imagini, informatii turistice si detalii despre statiunea Ocna Sibiului .