Lake 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.
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: Maximum Depth: (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 Cloşca Crişan Lacul Fără Fund Gura Minei Horea Mâţelor Negru Pânzelor Rândunica Verde (Freshwater lake) Vrăjitoarelor (Freshwater lake)
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