List of described sinkholes

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List of described sinkholes

Here are listed sinkholes described in this Website.

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No	Name	Country, region	Depth (m)	Volume (million m³)	Value	Rank
6	Sima Humboldt	Venezuela, Bolívar	314	21	Geology, Biology, Visual	3
7	Sima Martel	Venezuela, Bolívar	248	?	Geology, Biology, Visual	5
107	La Pilita sinkhole, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	? (>120)	?	Geology, Biology	8
109	Poza del Caracol, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	? (>114)	?	Geology, Biology	7
110	Poza Verde, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	48	?	Geology, Biology	8
111	Cenote Azufrosa and La Cristalina, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	? (>50)	?	Geology, Biology	8
113	Palmita, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology, Biology	9
114	Poza Seca, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology, Biology, Unexplained	4
115	Poza Tule, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	? (>50)	?	Geology, Biology, Unexplained	7
116	Poza Garapata, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology, Biology, Unexplained	8
117	El Zacatón sinkhole	Mexico, Tamaulipas	339	10	Geology, Biology, Visual	4
119	Laguna Colorada, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology	8
120	Cenote Amarillo, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology	8
121	Atascosa pool, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology	9
122	Cenote Alameda, Sistema Zacatón	Mexico, Tamaulipas	?	?	Geology	8
125	Sótano de las Golondrinas - Cave of the Swallows	Mexico, San Luis Potosí	372	5	Geology, Visual, Biology	3
126	Hoya de las Guaguas	Mexico, San Luis Potosí	202	16	Geology, Visual, Biology	5
127	Sótano del Barro	Mexico, Querétaro	410	15	Geology, Visual, Biology	5
128	Pozzo del Merro	Italy, Lazio	472	?	Geology, Visual, Biology	5
129	Black Hole of Andros	Bahamas, South Andros	47	?	Geology, Biology	3
130	Dean's Blue Hole	Bahamas, Long Island	203	?	Geology, Biology	4
131	Great Blue Hole	Belize, Belize District	124	?	Geology, Visual	4
132	Minyé sinkhole and cave	Papua New Guinea, East New Britain	510	26	Geology, Visual	3
133	Naré sinkhole	Papua New Guinea, East New Britain	310	4.7	Geology, Visual	4
134	Mamo plateau	Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands	group of sinkholes	31	Geology, Visual	6
136	Xiaozhai tiankeng	China, Chongqing Municipality	662	119.349	Geology, Biology, Visual	1
137	Dashiwei tiankeng	China, Guangxi	613	75	Geology, Biology, Visual	2
138	Majlis al Jinn	Oman, Ash Sharqiah Region	158.2	>4	Geology, Visual	4
139	Tawi Atair sinkhole and cave	Oman, Dhofar Governorate	211	0.975	Geology, Biology, Visual	6
140	Teiq sinkhole and cave	Oman, Dhofar Governorate	250	90	Geology, Visual	5
141	Crveno Jezero - Red Lake	Croatia, Split-Dalmatia	530	30	Geology, Visual, Biology	3
142	Modro Jezero - Blue Lake	Croatia, Split-Dalmatia	220	?	Geology, Visual	6
187	Talava Arches and Caves	Niue	20	?	Geology, Visual	6
213	Mainina Ponor	Timor-Leste	?	?	Geology, Visual	7
214	Yogoluk Sinkhole	Indonesia, Papua	240	4	Geology, Visual	6
215	Leang Pute Sinkhole	Indonesia, South Sulawesi	270	?	Geology, Visual	6
236	Cherokee Sink	United States, Florida	33.4	?	Geology	8
254	Trou de Bone	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands	40	?	Geology	7
255	Le Bone de Léproserie	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands	90	?	Geology	6
290	Pozo de las Animas - Well of Souls	Argentina, Mendoza	101	?	Geology	6

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Mexico: Sótano de las Golondrinas - Cave of the Swallows

Caver rappelling down into the Sótano de las Golondrinas. User Stubb, Wikimedia Commons, Free Art License

One of the most impressive sinkholes in the world is Sótano de las Golondrinas - Cave of the Swallows. This hole in the ground is that large that it is nearly impossible to comprehend it - even if one is sitting at the rim of it.

Bahamas: Dean's Blue Hole

Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas.
Ton Engwirda, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-3.0 Netherlands

There exists a broad term "blue hole" describing any deep, water filled, vertical caves. The deepest known blue hole in the sea is the 202 - 203 m deep Dean's Blue Hole in Bahamas, Long Island.

Croatia: Crveno Jezero - Red Lake

Crveno Jezero sinkhole. User Tieum512, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

The largest and, as it seems, the most impressive karst formation in Dinaric Alps is Crveno Jezero - one of the largest sinkholes of the world.

List of described sinkholes