name of the village is the Maltese word for salt pan. The Port Hedland, Dampier, Lake McLeod, Useless Loop and Onslow salt ponds in Western Australia. Yellow Walls, Malahide, Ireland; active from 1770 to 1837. Lake Grassmere in New Zealand The ancient salt pans in Marsala and Trapani, Sicily. Salt has been farmed here since the Phoenician period, with archaeological evidence still present in nearby Motya. The Nature reserve of Margherita di Savoia, in Apulia, Italy. Known since antiquity, it's one of the largest in Europe. Flamingos often nest in the area. The salt works on the island of Great Inagua owned by Morton Salt. The salt harvesting by the Tsonga women of Baleni on the Small Letaba River, Limpopo, South Africa. Until World War II, salt was extracted from sea water in a unique way in Egypt near Alexandria. Posts were set out on the salt pans and covered with several feet of sea water. In time the sea water evaporated, leaving the salt behind on the post, where it was easier to harvest. Production Salt pans are shallow open, often metal, pans used to evaporate brine. They are usually found close to the source of the salt. For example, pans used in the solar evaporation of salt from sea water are usually found on the coast, while those used to extract salt from solution-mined brine will be found near to the brine shaft. In this case, extra heat is often provided by lighting fires underneath. Gallery See also Solar desalination Seawater greenhouse Evaporite References External links NASA page on salt ponds Information on the San Francisco Bay salt ponds Interactive satellite view "Salt, Grown On Sticks Harvested From Sea" Popular Science, March 1933 Ponds Salt production Economic geology Primitive technology Resource extraction