Lake Pânzelor

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Lake Pânzelor
Lacul Inului
Lake Pânzelor
Location	Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates	45°52′37″N 24°04′01″E / 45.87696°N 24.06699°E / 45.87696; 24.06699
Type	Salt lake
Surface area	875 m2 (9,420 sq ft)
Max. depth	46 m (151 ft)

The Lake of Pânzelor (Romanian: Lacul Pânzelor, also called Lacul Inului) 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[edit]

In Romanian, Lacul Pânzelor means The lake of webs. Its other name (Lacul Inului) means the lake of flax.

History[edit]

The lake originates from the "Josef" salt mine, exploited with two wells and abandoned in 1770, due to strong infiltration of water through the walls.

Information[edit]

• Surface: 875 square metres (9,420 sq ft)
• Maximum depth: 46 metres (151 ft)
• Salinity: 9 g/L at the surface, increases to 320 g/L at 5.5 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)

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