New Zealand's Biggest Ever Sinkhole Just Revealed A 60,000-Year-Old Volcanic Crater
By Josh Davis
07 May 2018, 16:54
A massive sinkhole has cleaved the land in two on a dairy farm in New Zealand. Thought to be the biggest sinkhole ever seen on the islands, it is giving geologists a rare glimpse into the heart of an ancient volcano.
The hole has appeared about 15 kilometers (just over 9 miles) south-east of the city of Rotorua, on the north island, and was initially discovered when a farm hand driving a motorcycle at dawn almost ended up in it. Measuring almost 200 meters (650 feet) long and in some places 20 meters (65 feet) wide and just about as deep, it is pretty extraordinary.
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