A huge hole with a total length of 200 m appears in New Zealand

On April 30, 2018, a huge cave hole with a total length of 200 m and a depth of 20 m appeared at a ranch on the North Island of New Zealand. According to volcanologists, "With the advent of this hole, 60,000 years agoVolcanic sedimentIt became apparent. "

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This huge caved hole was found in a ranch south east of the city "Rotorua" in the North Island of New Zealand. The size of the hole is equivalent to the height enough to swallow a building of about 6 stories with a total length of 200 m, a soccer field of about 2, and a depth of 20 m.

The first thing I noticed in the existence of a sink hole was an employee of a ranch who went to work for milking a cow. However, at the beginning of the discovery the sun was not rising and the visibility was bad, it seems he did not realize it was huge. Farmman executive Colin · Tremain says, "I noticed for the first time in the day."


According to Brad Scott of the volcanologist, "This cave hole may have been slowly formed in the ground over time due to rainfall in this area eroding the limestone soil," It is. It seems that in this area the torrential rain continued for about a week from the end of April 2018, and it seems that this sinkhole has appeared due to this heavy rain.

Scott said, "This ranch is located on top of the crater of the dormant volcano, to be seen at the bottom of the sinkholes, the crater is a 6-million-year-old volcanic sediments ejected from," says the .