Salt in the map: Cartography of the forgotten lakes of the Black Sea
Journal: GeoJournal
Year: 2025

Abstract The lakes surrounding the Black Sea have long represented a vital resource for salt exploitation, a practice documented since Antiquity. The northern shores and the Crimean Peninsula were historically the most active regions, supplying salt to markets in Constantinople, Greece, Italy, and, significantly, to the vast hinterlands of the Russian and Ukrainian territories. Far less known, however, are the other Pontic salt sources, particularly the limans of southern Bessarabia. Based on hi