Lacul Fără Fund (Ocna Sibiului)
# Lacul Fără Fund (Ocna Sibiului)

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.

## 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: 1,665 square metres (17,920 sq ft)
* Maximum depth: 32 metres (105 ft)
* 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)
