Lake Rândunica Explained

Lake Rândunica
Other Name:Lacul Sf. Ioan
Location:Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates:45.8731°N 24.0665°W
Type:Salt lake
Area:2149m2
Max-Depth:46.54m (152.69feet)
Salinity:120 g/l
Pushpin Map:Romania
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of the lake in Romania.

Lake Rândunica (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Lacul Rândunica, also called Lacul Sf. Ioan) 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.

Name

Lacul Rândunica means the swallow lake.[1]

History

The origin of this lake is the abandonment of the "Nepomuceni Johann Grube" salt mine. The salt mine was exploited between 1722-1877 using the bell system with two wells up to the depth of .

Information

Lakes of the salt mine

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lacuri Naturale - Ocna Sibiului. www.ocna-sibiu.ro. 18 June 2017. 11 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170611183505/http://www.ocna-sibiu.ro/info/despre-ocna-sibiului-lacuri-naturale.html. dead.