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Zacaton sinkhole, cross-section. El Zacatón's depth has made it an important dive site: Dr. Ann Kristovich set the women's world depth record of 169 m (554 ft) during a 1993 dive into the sinkhole. [6] On April 6, 1994, explorer diver Jim Bowden and cave diving pioneer Sheck Exley entered El Zacatón with the intent of reaching bottom.
Exley died, aged 45, on April 6, 1994, while attempting to descend to a depth of over 1,000 feet (300 m) in a freshwater cenote, or sinkhole, called Zacatón in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. [9] [10] [17] He made the dive as part of a dual dive with Jim Bowden, but Bowden aborted his descent early when his gas supply ran low. Exley's body ...
Near the town of Aldama is a limestone karst area in which many caves and cenotes (water-filled sinkholes) are found, including Zacatón which is the deepest sinkhole in the world with a depth of 339 metres (1,112 ft). [4] In 1994, cave-diving pioneer Sheck Exley died attempting to dive to the bottom of Zacatón.
In the lowland southeast of the Sierra, in the municipality of Aldama, Tamaulipas is a limestone karst area associated with the karstic areas of the Sierra de Tamaulipas, in which many caves and cenotes (water-filled sinkholes) are found, including Zacatón which is the deepest sinkhole in the world with a depth of 339 metres (1,112 ft). [4]
A 30-foot-deep sinkhole formed along an Oregon coastline inches away from one that appeared months earlier, park officials said. The second sinkhole, which is 10 feet wide, appeared Monday, May 8 ...
The Red Lake sinkhole in Croatia. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
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A massive sink hole stretching 100 feet opened up in an Illinois park on Wednesday, swallowing a light pole in the middle of recreational fields and leaving a gaping, deep hole in its wake.