Description of the attraction
Salt Lake, located on the Taman Peninsula between Cape Zhelezny Rog and the Bugaz Estuary, 15 km from Taman, is the most saline lake in the Krasnodar Territory.
Lake Salt was formed not so long ago. At the beginning of the nineteenth century. it was part of the Kuban estuary, where the Zhdiga, the main channel of the Kuban, flowed into. By the middle of the nineteenth century. the estuary split into four small estuaries - Kiziltashsky, Bugazya, Vityazevsky and Tsokur. After some time, Lake Salt separated from the Bugaz estuary, in which salt was mined until 1952 - up to 20 thousand tons per year.
From a high watershed, the lake looks large and deep, but if you get closer, this impression disappears. The total length of the Solenoe Lake is about 1500 m, the width is about 1000 m, and the maximum depth is only 10 cm.
In summer, a small Taman lake is covered with a crust of snow-white coarse-crystalline sea salt. Then the lake can be freely crossed on dry land, but you should wear shoes so as not to scratch your feet. Under a layer of caked salt lies a shallow, half-meter layer of healing mud. Healing mud is black, greasy to the touch, plastic sludge with a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide. In air, the sludge oxidizes and quickly turns gray.
Healing mud is very similar to volcanic mud, but it is less homogeneous and more liquid. It is successfully used in sanatoriums and mud baths in Gelendzhik and Anapa. It is an excellent remedy for the prevention and treatment of radiculitis, polyarthritis and other joint diseases.
Salt Lake is separated from the Black Sea by a beautiful beach. The distance from the Salt Lake to the sea is about 100 m. Cozy cabanas and rescue towers are installed on the beach to ensure the safety of vacationers.
