TNPSC Thervupettagam

Gateway to Hell

January 13 , 2022 857 days 669 0
  • Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov recently ordered the officials to find a method of finally extinguishing the ‘Gateway to Hell’ in the country.
  • Turkmenistan’s Gateway to Hell is the raging flames, burning for five decades in a large natural gas crater.
  • It is also known as the ‘Gateway to Hell’ or the ‘Door to Hell’.
  • This crater is located in the Karakum desert, 260 km away from Ashgabat (Turkmenistan’s capital).
  • In 2018, the crater was officially renamed as the “Shining of Karakum”.

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