Links to Wikipedia articles on sinkholes, blue holes, dolines, cenotes, and pit caves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of sinkholes, blue holes, dolines, crown holes, cenotes, and pit caves. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Some are caused by karst processes—for example, the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks[1] or suffosion processes.[2] Sinkholes can vary in size from 1 to 600m (3 to 2,000ft) both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms. Sinkholes may form gradually or suddenly, and are found worldwide.[3]
2010 Guatemala City sinkhole – a disaster in which an area approximately 20m (65ft) across and 90m (300ft) deep collapsed, swallowing a three-story factory.
Sistema Sac Actun – an underwater cave system situated along the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula with passages to the north and west of Tulum, Quintana Roo
Bayou Corne sinkhole – created from a collapsed underground salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine Company and owned by Occidental Petroleum, discovered on August 3, 2012, and 350 nearby residents were advised to evacuate
Big Basin Prairie Preserve – St. Jacob's Well, Kansas, a water-filled sinkhole which lies in the Little Basin, and the Big Basin, a 1.5-kilometre-wide (1mi) crater-like depression
Lake Peigneur – was originally a shallow freshwater body in Louisiana, until a man-made disaster on November 20, 1980 changed its structure, affecting the surrounding land and making it a brackish water lake
Biržai Regional Park – a park in northern Lithuania established in 1992 to preserve a distinctive karst landscape
Blue Hole (Red Sea) – a submarine sinkhole around 94m (308 feet) deep in east Sinai, a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea.
2018 Surabaya City sinkhole – a 30m (98ft) wide and 15m (49ft) deep sinkhole opened up on Gubeng Road in Surabaya, Indonesia during construction work on December 18, 2018.
2022 Tierra Amarilla sinkhole – a 25m (80ft) wide and more than 200m (700ft) deep sinkhole appeared in the commune of Tierra Amarilla, Atacama Region of Chile close to the Alcaparrosa copper mine on August 1, 2022. The sinkhole continued to grow and stretched 50m (200ft) in diameter on August 8.[5]
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