What caused the crater in Siberia?
What caused the crater in Siberia? They're part of the Siberian tundra, a massive stretch of land in Russia characterized by a layer of permanently frozen soil just below the surface. Like slow-motion lava, land in Siberia bubbles up until it breaks, leaving behind a depression called a gas emission crater. How deep is the crater in Russia? The depression is in the form of a one-kilometre-long gash up to 100 metres (328 feet) deep, and growing, in the East Siberian taiga, located 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Batagay and 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of the settlement Ese-Khayya,...