The SG-3, Kola Superdeep Borehole, or Zapoliarny borehole, named after the nearest town, or by its official name the Kola Superdeep Borehole Experimental Reference Well (SG-3), is a borehole drilled from May 24, 1970, to 1989 in the USSR, on ...
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