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      • The Door to Hell, also known as the Darvaza gas crater, is a unique geological phenomenon located in Turkmenistan. It is a large crater that has been burning continuously for over 50 years, earning its nickname as “The Door to Hell.” The crater is the result of a failed drilling operation that took place in 1971.
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  2. The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), [1] also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, or, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. [2]

  3. Apr 17, 2023 · The Door to Hell, also known as the Darvaza gas crater, is a unique geological phenomenon located in Turkmenistan. It is a large crater that has been burning continuously for over 50 years, earning its nickname as “The Door to Hell.” The crater is the result of a failed drilling operation that took place in 1971.

  4. The flaming crater's sights and sounds are frightening enough that local people call it the "Door to Hell" or the "Gates of Hell". Each dancing flame marks the spot where natural gas (methane) emerges from the walls, from the floor, or from the talus piles within the crater.

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  5. Jun 12, 2019 · Named as the Darvaza Crater or “Door to Hell”, the gaping crater was created by a mining miscalculation in a natural gas field whose walls collapsed into an underground cavern.

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  6. Jul 17, 2014 · The Darvaza Crater, more commonly known as the Door to Hell, still burns today, a surreal feature in an otherwise barren landscape. Details on the origin of the sinkhole are sketchy, but the...

  7. How the Soviets accidentally discovered the 'Gates of Hell' Located in Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert, the Darvaza crater is a massive man-made sinkhole that has been burning methane gas for...

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  8. Jan 8, 2022 · Turkmenistan's president has ordered the extinguishing of the country's "Gateway to Hell", a fire that has been burning for decades in a huge desert gas crater. Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov wants...

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