Jump to content

Bâlea Lake

Coordinates: 45°36′07″N 24°37′01″E / 45.602°N 24.617°E / 45.602; 24.617
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Turgidson (talk | contribs) at 22:31, 9 June 2020 (add another inline ref). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lacul Bâlea
Bâlea Lake, October 2006
LocationFăgăraș Mountains
Coordinates45°36′07″N 24°37′01″E / 45.602°N 24.617°E / 45.602; 24.617
Typeperiglacial
Basin countriesRomania
Max. length360 m (1,180 ft)
Max. width190 m (620 ft)
Surface area4.7 ha (12 acres)
Average depth11.35 m (37.2 ft)
Surface elevation2,034 m (6,673 ft)

Bâlea Lake (Template:Lang-ro or Bâlea Lac, pronounced [ˈbɨle̯a]) is a glacier lake situated at 2,034 m of altitude in the Făgăraș Mountains, in central Romania, in Cârțișoara, Sibiu County. There are two chalets opened all the year round, a meteorological station and a mountain rescue (Salvamont) station. It is accessible by car on the Transfăgărășan road during the summer, and the rest of the year by a cable car from the "Bâlea Cascadă" chalet.

On 17 April 1977. an avalanche killed 23 skiers gathered near the lake; 19 of those were high school students from the Samuel von Brukenthal National College in Sibiu. This was the deadliest avalanche ever in Romania,[1][2] with the 41st highest death toll in the world.

In 2006, the first ice hotel in Eastern Europe was built in the vicinity of the lake.[3]

References

  1. ^ "40 de ani de la cea mai gravă avalanșă din România" [40 years since the deadliest avalanche in Romania]. Digi 24 (in Romanian). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Povestea avalanșei din 1977, cea mai mare tragedie montană din România" [The story of the 1977 avalanche, the greatest mountain tragedy in Romania]. Adevărul (in Romanian). 17 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ AllTipsAndTricks.com, Chill Out in The Ice Hotel at Balea Lac Archived 2006-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, December 9, 2006