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Blue Hole (Red Sea) – a submarine sinkhole around 94 m (308 feet) deep in east Sinai, a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. Dead Sea sinkholes; Dean's Blue Hole – the world's second deepest known salt water blue hole with an entrance below the sea level; in the Bahamas
An elevation map of Grassy Cove in Cumberland County, Tennessee. Grassy Cove is North America's largest sinkhole. Sinkhole dimensions: [6] Watershed Area: 33.1770 km 2 (12.8097 sq mi) Watershed Perimeter: 42.1524 km (26.1923 mi) Sinkhole Area: 13.3112 km 2 (5.1395 sq mi) Sinkhole Perimeter: 35.7192 km (22.1949 mi) Sinkhole Depth: 39.97 m (131.1 ft)
Shaanxi tiankeng cluster, discovered in 2016, it is one of the largest in the world comprising forty-nine sinkholes and more than fifty funnels ranging from 50–100 metres in diameter. South China Karst, World Heritage Site; Stone Forest; Xiaozhai Tiankeng, also known as the Heavenly Pit, is the world's largest sinkhole. [3]
The sinkhole — which appeared large enough to swallow several cars hole — opened on the side of Interstate 80 in Wharton sometime around 7:45 a.m. Monster sinkhole opens along major NJ highway ...
The massive 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole that opened up a major New Jersey highway Thursday was caused by an abandoned mineshaft, officials said.. Construction crews are working around the clock to ...
The cave, part of the Mill Cave System, drains Grassy Cove, which is the largest sinkhole in North America. It contains numerous instances of Mississippian era Native American cave art. The entrance is 125 feet by 150 feet. [1] The cave stream forms the nearby Head of Sequatchie spring, the source of the Sequatchie River. [2]
A sinkhole that formed on the eastbound side of I-80 near Wharton, New Jersey caused traffic snarls on the busy highway, about 40 miles west of New York City. Westbound lanes were unaffected.
The Leon Sinks offer three hiking trails to the different sinkholes in the park including an observation platform at Big Dismal Sink. The trails feature over 20 species of trees and 75 different plants along with wildlife ranging from Carolina chickadees to gopher tortoises. [4] Trails: Sinkhole Trail – 3.1 miles; Gumswamp Trail – 2.3 miles