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  2. Kola Superdeep Borehole - Wikipedia

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    The Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 (Russian: Кольская сверхглубокая скважина СГ-3, romanized: Kol'skaya sverkhglubokaya skvazhina SG-3) is the deepest human-made hole on Earth (since 1979), which attained maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft; 7.619 mi) in 1989. [1]

  3. Why Did the Russians Seal Up the Deepest Hole in the World?

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    The Kola Superdeep Borehole, located in Russia, is the world's deepest man-made hole, reaching a depth of 40,230 feet (12,262 meters) or 7.6 miles (12.2 kilometers), surpassing the depth of the Mariana Trench and the height of Mount Everest.

  4. The deepest hole we have ever dug - BBC

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    This is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest manmade hole on Earth and deepest artificial point on Earth. The 40,230ft-deep (12.2km) construction is so deep that locals swear you can hear...

  5. 7 facts about the Kola Superdeep Borehole

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    The Kola borehole reached 40,230 feet (12,262 meters) in 1989, making it the deepest human-made hole on Earth. As of 2023, it remains the deepest known hole created by human beings.

  6. How Deep Is the Deepest Hole in the World? - Scientific American

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    Known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest hole ever dug reaches approximately 7.5 miles below the Earth’s surface (or 12,262 meters), a depth that took about 20 years to reach.*

  7. Kola Superdeep Borehole – Murmansk, Russia - Atlas Obscura

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    From 1970 to 1994 their drill on the Kola Peninsula chipped slowly away to create a Earth-shattering record at the time: the deepest hole in the world. In actuality, the Kola Superdeep Borehole...

  8. SciShow takes you down the deepest hole in the world -- Russia's Kola Superdeep Borehole -- explaining who dug it and why, and what we learned about Earth in...