Английская Википедия:Darvaza

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Derweze surroundings 2015.

Darvaza (from Шаблон:Lang-fa, "gate" Шаблон:Cn Шаблон:Lang-tk) is a rural council (village council) in Ak bugdaý District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan of about 2 thousand inhabitants, located in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about 260 km north of Ashgabat. The rural council consists of three separate villages: Derweze (formerly Aeroport) (the administrative center), Ataguýy, and Böri.[1]

Darvaza's inhabitants are mostly Turkmen of the Teke tribe, preserving a semi-nomadic lifestyle. In 2004 the village was disbanded following the order of the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, because "it was an unpleasant sight for tourists."Шаблон:Cn The village was reestablished, by the renaming of "Aeroport" village to Derweze on 28 April 2016.[2]

Transportation

The Darvaza area is served by the Ashgabat-Dashoguz Automobile Highway and the Içoguz station on the Trans-Karakum Railway. A landing strip for small cargo aircraft is located at the village of Derweze.[3]

Darvaza gas crater

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Panorama of the crater site, 2011
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Turquoise Lake Crater, 2010
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Mud Crater, 2010

The Darvaza area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971, Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas.[4][5] The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Coord. The fire may have originated from a local Soviet decision to avoid poisonous gas discharge, by burning off the gas,[6][7] and while geologists had hoped the fire would consume the fuel in a few days, the gas is still burning fifty years later.

Locals have named the crater the "Door to Hell".[8]

See also

References

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External links

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