World’s Biggest Hole In Russia

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World Biggest Hole

The world’s biggest hole is located in Russia. It is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town of Mirna Mirny at 525 metres deep and a diameter of 1.25 km.

The suction from the hole resulted in several helicopter crashes and therefore flight above the hole is now prohibited.

Link: Sreedhara




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    5 Responses to “World’s Biggest Hole In Russia”

    1. 1
      Ahsoon Says:
      July 26th, 2006 at 1:19 pm

      I’ve done my University project about Diamonds and i read this before.

      Take a look on the National Geographic presentation for more detail. It said a truck would take TWO Hours to surface from the bottom!! and people would work under the tempreture of -50F to -70F.

      http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/03/01/sights_n_sounds/media.1.2.html

      It shows on Part 4, Extreme Mining


    2. 2
      Singh Says:
      September 24th, 2006 at 3:48 pm

      Please correct the town name. It is in fact Mirny.
      Amazing though.


    3. 3
      Katana Says:
      September 24th, 2006 at 3:55 pm

      Thanks for the correction Singh :P


    4. 4
      amit.nandu Says:
      February 1st, 2007 at 8:49 pm

      hey thanx Ahsoon for shareing it to all


    5. 5
      jesus boy Says:
      May 31st, 2007 at 1:45 am

      dude the hole is freaken huge what is down in side of it get some freaken pictures of the inside


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