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What is this weird huge mound in Siberia?

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 22, 2026
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By Dmitry Semenov - https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/tag/crater/https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2014/02/10/imaggeo-on-mondays-pitter-patter-of-little-paws-in-patomsky-crater/, CC BY 4.0, Link

Deep in the taiga of eastern Siberia stands a 40-meter-high mound of shattered limestone, 160 meters across at its base, with a ring-shaped crown and a smaller peak rising f…

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