Talk:3266: Holes

thank god the site is back up again, that outage was scary. on a more relevant note, yay, another long data page! - Vaedez (talk) 02:43, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Must have missed that (can see other references to it below). It was working before I went to bed (this wasn't here yet), but I'm guessing it's the same overzealous webscraping/watever (automated, either by hand or AI 'material grabber') that we had over a few days last month. Though must have started later and finished far earlier, this last session. 82.132.236.125 13:06, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

It couldn't cope with all the holes. 82.13.184.33 13:09, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

i'm here before the image! 216.25.182.141 03:59, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

yeah, that'll be due to an issue with the site/the bot that generally creates the comic pages (as mentioned in "created by a BOT") having trouble uploading to the site - Vaedez (talk) 04:39, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

okay, i think i uploaded the image correctly? its certainly in now, and i didn't touch how the image is embedded, but it looks maybe too big in the page - Vaedez (talk) 04:46, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm a bit surprised that the Deepwater Horizon Bore Hole didn't get an "Oops" tag. 60.240.65.62

Is the deepwater horizon bore hole a joke? --2001:638:807:508:8FD3:E0DF:F738:D961 05:47, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

I think the "oops" tag here is specifically for ones that accidentally got flooded, not for ones that experienced other kinds of disasters. 2600:387:15:5130:0:0:0:6 16:52, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

The russian hole got filled in again, they we're afraid of deamons. The deepest hole that ist still open is KTB in Windischeschenbach at 9101m [schobi]

Did nobody notice that Randal made a typo in the word bochnia? 217.95.141.233 05:18, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Also a typo on Retsof (restof) 192.176.203.237 (talk) 13:29, 2 July 2026 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Why does this site constantly go out? It's starting to concern me. RG (talk) 05:57, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

(See reply to first comment.) 82.132.236.125 13:06, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Point the first: Surprised that CERN didn't get a look in. Not particularly deep, but then again some of the others aren't, and maybe even are also "far wider than deep". And CERN's 'underground ring(s)' hole is very much in Randall's awareness. Makes you wonder what other examples were deliberately left out. 82.132.236.125 13:06, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Point the second: I think there needs to be two 'depth' columns in the table. The one currently there is (I think) all "(height above/)depth below MSL", but a second column for "maximum depth below the local surface" (or better description) might be useful. i.e. the mountaintops they're dug in below (even if tunnelled in from the side, it's the 'overhead' rock, not the 'shaft-depth', though notes about that might not go amiss). For the Dead Sea it is at its own surface (though its depths are at watery depths starting from that below-sealevel point). The oceanic ones would be depth below the (surrounding?) sea-floor. - I can trivially add in the whole column, right now (and set it up for proper useful datasortvalue, etc), but would have to leave it blank of data until I can actually do enough of the research. Rather than that, just mentioning it. Maybe someone else has the time, before I do (this evening, maybe?). 82.132.236.125 13:06, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

This is just what I just got edit conflicted while commenting. 82.13.184.33 13:07, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Have finally managed to complete splitting the height/depth columns and filling them out to the best of my ability. Some of Randall's heights don't seem to match what I found. The question marks next to the JOIDES Resolution ones are because I couldn't find anything that I could make enough sense of to get a good answer, so had to just go with estimating off Randall's depiction. 82.13.184.33 09:55, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia the Ryfylke Tunnel is not ONE of the deepest subsea road tunnels but THE deepest tunnel of any kind. It is expected to be surpassed by a tunnel planned to be completed in 2033 (also in Norway) 13:33, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Diggy diggy hole! Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 14:08, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Not including the Mines of Moria seems like a significant oversight on Randall's part. 82.13.184.33 14:25, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Maybe it's worth separating elevation column into elevation on surface and elevation of deepest point? Or maybe add "depth"? 46.150.68.106 (talk) 15:25, 2 July 2026 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

I would like to see an explanation of the "oops"es. 2A02:A03F:EAF3:5F01:1F0F:E27D:721D:8118 16:05, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

The "oops" are discussed in the "More Information" section of the table

Has Randall got his feet and meters mixed up with the Retsof Salt Mine? Best I can ascertain, it's about 225 m (~700 ft) above sea level at the surface and about 300 m (~1000 ft) deep (putting it about 75 m below sea level. The comic has the entrance around 600 m above sea level and the whole thing about 1000 m deep. 82.13.184.33 16:17, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Is the image broken for anyone else? I can only see the top half. AmethystSky14 (talk) 17:00, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Ok, I'll say it. Will someone finally explain the title text? 47.28.76.207 03:33, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

While it's perhaps unusual to not at some point mention the title text, I'm not sure what you need to know about it that isn't obvious/discoverable from the Crystal Caves link already there. 92.23.5.229 18:49, 16 July 2026 (UTC)