7 Big Holes In The World

1. Big hole kimberley Mine - South Africa




The underground Kimberley Mine (located at 28°44′18.86″N 24°45′30.95″W) was mined to a depth of 1097 metres and estimates total have been taken in the mine is 22 millions tons. But the Kimberley mine has been closed since 1914.

2. Bingham canyon mine, SLC, Utah USA




The Bingham Canyon Mine (located at 40°31′13.54″N 112°08′58.09″W) is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine excavation began in 1863 until now. This Hole has a size : 3/4 mile deep and 2,5 mile across.

3. Great Blue Hole, Belize




The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize (located at 17°18′56.02″N 87°32′04.20″W). The hole is circular in shape, over 300 metres (984 ft) across and 125 metres (410 ft) deep. A blue hole is a submarine cave or sinkhole. They are also called vertical caves. If you want to diving, you can try The Great Blue Hole.

4. Hole(Spillway) in Monticello dam in california



Hole (Spillway) Monticello Dam is a dam in Napa County, California, United States (located at 38°30′44.15″N 122°06′17.60″W)


5. The Diavik diamond mine, Canada




The Diavik Diamond Mine (located at 64°29′40.88″N 110°16′16.35″W) is a diamond mine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) north of Yellowknife. It's connected by an ice road and Diavik Airport with a 5,235-foot (1,596 m) gravel runway regularly accommodating Boeing 737 jet aircraft.

6. Mirny diamond mine,Siberia RUSIA




The Mirny Diamond Mine (located at 62°52′94.23″N 133°99′35.38″W) is 525m deep and has a diameter of 1200m. It was the first, and one of the largest, diamond Pipes in the USSR. It's now abandoned. While it was still operational, it would take two hours for trucks to drive from the top to the bottom of the mine.

7. Chuquicamata copper mine - Chile





Chuquicamata or "Chuqui" (located at 22°16′42.38″N 68°54′13.55″W) is an open pit copper mine in Chile. It is the mine with the largest total production of copper in the world - though it is not the largest copper mine. The mine is over 850 meters deep.