Lake Peigneur[2] is a brackish lake in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) north of Delcambre and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) west of New Iberia, near the northernmost tip of Vermilion Bay. With …

Lake Peigneur, a small freshwater lake in south-central coastal Louisiana’s Iberia Parish, is located adjacent to Jefferson Island, the northernmost salt dome of Louisiana’s five salt domes known as the …

Jan 20, 2025 · Have you ever heard of Louisiana's Vanished Lake? This mysterious body of water, known as Lake Peigneur, disappeared in a single day back in 1980. Imagine a lake draining away …

On November 20, 1980—44 years ago exactly— an oil drilling accident caused the formation of Lake Peigneur, a sinkhole that remains the largest of its kind in the United States.

The in-depth story of the Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake. November 20, 1980, is a new day at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana.

Eleven barges were dragged into the whirlpool, though miraculously, no lives were lost. The disaster deepened Lake Peigneur from 10 feet to over 200 feet, making it the deepest lake in...

The Jefferson Island Salt Dome is the location of Lake Peigneur, which grew substantially during a 1980 incident where an underground salt mine, active at the time, was accidentally drilled into by a floating …

Sep 6, 2005 · At the time, Lake Peigneur was an unremarkable body of water near New Iberia, Louisiana. Though the freshwater lake covered 1,300 acres of land, it was only eleven feet deep.

Oct 1, 2025 · On November 20, 1980, a drilling accident caused Lake Peigneur in Louisiana to drain completely in hours, transforming it from a shallow freshwater lake into the deepest lake in the state.

Aug 28, 2024 · From a modest lake to the deepest in Louisiana, it's quite the story. The Lake Peigneur drilling disaster saw an oversight result in a dramatic reshaping of the Louisiana landscape. The...