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- Fifty-three years later — and despite Turkmenistan's president announcing plans to close the Gates of Hell — the Darvaza gas crater is still a raging blaze. The crater sits atop the Amu-Darya Basin, a highly productive oil and natural gas province that stretches across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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May 3, 2023 · Situated in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan, the Darvaza Gas Crater is one of the most extraordinary places on Earth. In 1971, a drilling rig inadvertently pierced an underground gas field, creating a 70-meter-wide hole and leading to what is now known as The Gates of Hell.
Jun 21, 2024 · Name: The Gates of Hell. Location: Karakum desert, Turkmenistan. Coordinates: 40.252501987265276, 58.43959946915778. Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more...
Jan 15, 2022 · A crater in Turkmenistan has been on fire for roughly 50 years. The country's president recently announced plans to put out the flaming attraction, which measures about 230 feet wide and at...
Jun 11, 2021 · Known as "The Gates of Hell", a massive molten pit in the Turkmenistan desert has been spewing fire for decades – but its origin is considered top-secret. The Karakum Desert is a massive...
The Darvaza gas crater, nicknamed by locals " The Door to Hell ," or " The Gates of Hell ," definitely falls into the latter category—and its sinister burning flames are just the half of it....
Jan 9, 2009 · Discover The Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan: A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), 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.
