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China claims it has discovered the world's largest hole, and it's in one of the most dangerous places on the planet. 1  Jul.  Good news: China claims it has discovered the world's largest hole. On Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV announced that the newly found dragon's hole, a 984-foot (300-meter) cavern in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, is now the world's largest hole.
In 1970, Soviet geologists took on the challenge, setting their drills over the Kola Peninsula, which juts eastward out of the Scandinavian landmass. The Kola Superdeep Borehole was just 9 inches in diameter, but at 40,230 feet (12,262 meters) reigns as the deepest hole. It took almost 20 years to reach that 7.5-mile depthâonly half the distance or less to the mantle. Among the more interesting discoveries: microscopic plankton fossils found at four miles down.