Salt pans can refer to:

• Salt pan (geology), a flat expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually found in deserts
  • Sabkha, a phonetic translation of the Arabic word for a salt pan (geology)
• Salt evaporation pond, a method of producing salt by evaporating brine

• Open-pan salt making is a method of salt production wherein salt is extracted from the brine using vacuum pans