In December 2023, a brave explorer walked into a separate "hell gateway" in Turkmenistan which was thought to be the world's biggest - but the Siberia hole appears to be expanding. Now so immense ...

Turkmen authorities have talked about extinguishing the hole, but now it’s used ... What It’s Like at the Real-Life ‘Gates of Hell’ in Turkmenistan.

Located in Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert, the Darvaza crater is a massive man-made sinkhole that has been burning methane gas for decades. It has been said that it was intentionally set alight ...

It has become a popular tourist spot in Turkmenistan. The crater, known informally to people and tourists as the "Door to Hell," has officially been dubbed the "Shining of Karakum" since 2018.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan's father of ... dubbed the "Gateway to Hell," but so far without success. The fire has been burning in the Karakum desert since 1971, when Soviet scientists ...