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[[File:Thor's Well (37588682016).jpg|450px|border|right|thumb|Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon]] | [[File:Thor's Well (37588682016).jpg|450px|border|right|thumb|Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon]] | ||
* Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon, that drains at high tides | * Thor's Well: a sinkhole on the coast of Cape Perpetua, Oregon, that drains at high tides | ||
[[File:December_Giant_sinkhole_collapse_USGS_1972.jpg| | [[File:December_Giant_sinkhole_collapse_USGS_1972.jpg|404px|border||right|thumb|More than three acres of forest suddenly disappeared into this "December Giant" sinkhole in Montevallo, Alabama, USA.]] | ||
* Golly Hole in Shelby County is considered the largest sinkhole in the US. | |||
** it is 325 ft long, 300 ft wide, and 120 ft deep | |||
* source: [[https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-largest-sinkhole-united-states?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products What is the largest sinkhole in the United States? (usgs.gov)]] | |||
* See | * See | ||
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole Sinkhole (wiki)]] | ** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole Sinkhole (wiki)]] | ||