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SALT COLLECTION SITES AROUND THE WORLD
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SALT COLLECTION SITES AROUND THE WORLD
Atacama Salt Flats, Chile
From our dinner tables to medications to de-icing our roadways — salt has long contributed to civilizations across the world.
Once a highly sought after good on ancient trade routes, salt has become a common commodity thanks to advancements in mining technologies. However, the way salt is collected across the world varies dramatically. In this special feature, Landscape Trades takes a closer look at some of the most significant salt mines, pans, bays, farms and flats, across the globe.
This is the largest underground salt mine in the world, located 548 metres under Lake Huron. That’s as deep as the CN Tower is tall! The Goderich Salt Mine has been in operation since 1959 and now primarily provides salt used to deice roads in Canada and the United States.
Goderich Salt Mine
CANADA
Cathedral of Salt
COLUMBIA
Known as the largest salt mine in Europe, Prahova Salt Mine is often used for healing and medical excursions due to having one the purest air qualities in the world. It almost completely lacks radiation and pollution.
Taoudenni Salt Mine
MALI
This cathedral has been carved out of the Zipaquira Salt Mines, which have been in use since the fifth century BC. The current cathedral is 75 metres long, 25 metres high and has a giant cross carved on its back wall. 10,000 people can fit into the cathedral at capacity. Maras Salt Mine
PERU
Atacama Salt Flats
CHILE
These salt flats are home to the world’s largest and purest active source of lithium, containing approximately 27 per cent of the world’s lithium reserve base. Walvis Bay
NAMIBIA
Walvis Bay Salt Holdings processes 90 billion cubic metres of seawater annually to produce more than 900,000 tons of salt. The wetlands and lagoons of the region are also important for migratory birds and flamingos.
Soligorsk Salt Mine BELARUS
Prahova Salt Mine
ROMANIA
The word Soligorsk means “Salt Mountain Town” and refers to the huge piles of hard halite waste material from enrichment plants. Hills of 50 to 80 metres high cover tens of hectares of land. The mine is now used as a salt therapy centre.
Psychedelic Salt Mine
RUSSIA
Khewra Salt Mine
PAKISTAN
Danakil Salt Pans
ETHIOPIA
One of the most beautiful salt mines in the world. Swirls of yellow, white, red and blue from the layering of carnalite decorate the walls of this mine. It is now closed for visitation and can only be accessed with a government permit.
Okunoto Salt Farm
JAPAN
This salt mine is said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great, or perhaps more aptly, by his horse, which enjoyed licking the area’s salty stones during an early army rest stop.
The salt mines of the Danakil Depression are some of the hottest and inhospitable places on the Earth, with an average temperature around 34.5 Celsius. It has reached temperatures higher than 50 Celcius. Bima Salt Pans
INDONESIA
The Bima Salt Pans span nearly 18 square kilometres. It is largely still considered to be a cottage industry as the salt pans are farmed by hand through industrial families and small cooperatives.
