Kola Superdeep Borehole
Кольская сверхглубокая скважина
The Kola Superdeep Borehole, located in the Pechengsky District of Russia, is a scientific drilling project and one of the deepest artificial points on Earth. Initiated in 1970, it reaches a depth of 12,262 meters. It was intended to explore the Earth's crust and study geological formations.
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The Kola Superdeep Borehole project was conducted by the Soviet Union and aimed to understand the Earth's crust by drilling as deeply as possible. Active until 1989, the drill rig created a borehole with a diameter of nine inches. The site is not widely accessible to tourists, but it remains a point of interest for its scientific significance and the insights it provides into geophysical processes.