Lacul Vulturilor (Romanian for ''Eagles' Lake'', also known as Lacul Fără Fund, ''The Bottomless Lake'') is a

periglacial Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial", also referring to places at the edges of glacial areas) describes geomorphic processes that result from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and ot ...

lake located in the

Buzău Mountains The Buzău Mountains are a set of six mountains ranges in Romania which are part of the Sub Carpathians, Curvature Carpathians region of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. These six mountain ranges are as follows: * * * * * *. The Penteleu and Ivă ...

, at the

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

south-eastern curvature, at an altitude of 1420 m. The nearest town is

Siriu Siriu is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, in the valley of the river Buzău. It is composed of five villages: Cașoca, Colțu Pietrii, Gura Siriului, Lunca Jariștei (the commune centre) and Mușcelușa. Geography Location Siriu i ...

Name

Its name derives from a legend noted by

Alexandru Vlahuţă Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu. Origin Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", ...

in his work ''România pitorească''. The legend tells that in spring, eagles come to the lake to teach their chicks how to fly and that by drinking the water, the eagles grew younger. The lake is also known as the Bottomless Lake, although its depth does not exceed 2.5 meters.

References

Lakes of Romania Geography of Buzău County {{Buzău-geo-stub