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=== Subterranean === {{Further|Mining#Records|List of deepest caves}} {| class="wikitable" | Deepest [[Mining|mine]] below ground level|| {{convert|4000|m|abbr=on}}<br />[[Mponeng Gold Mine]], [[Gauteng Province]], [[South Africa]] |- | Deepest mine below sea level|| {{convert|2733|m|abbr=on|0}} below sea level<br />[[Kidd Mine]], [[Ontario]], Canada |- | Deepest [[open-pit mine]] below ground level|| {{convert|1200|m|abbr=on}}<br />[[Bingham Canyon Mine]], [[Utah]], United States |- | Deepest open-pit mine below sea level|| {{convert|293|m|abbr=on|0}} below sea level<br />[[Tagebau Hambach]], Germany |- | Deepest [[cave]] (measured from the entrance) || {{convert|2204|m|abbr=on|0}}<br />[[Veryovkina Cave|Veryovkina]], [[Arabika Massif]], [[Abkhazia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gulden|first1=Bob|author-link=Robert Gulden |title=World's Deepest Caves|url=http://www.caverbob.com/wdeep.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112054/http://www.caverbob.com/wdeep.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 October 2021|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> |- | Deepest [[pitch (vertical space)|pitch]] (single vertical drop) || {{convert|1026|m|abbr=on|0}}<br />[[Xiaozhai Tiankeng|Tian Xing Cave]], China<ref>{{cite web|last1=Starritt|first1=Alex|title=Climbers explore one of world's deepest underground shafts|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3284948/Climbers-explore-one-of-worlds-deepest-underground-shafts.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3284948/Climbers-explore-one-of-worlds-deepest-underground-shafts.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=Daily Telegraph|date=30 October 2008 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|access-date=22 September 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- | Deepest [[borehole]] || {{convert|12261|m|abbr=on|0}}<br />[[Kola Superdeep Borehole]], Russia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kola-superdeep-borehole|title=Kola Superdeep Borehole|website=Atlas Obscura}}</ref> |- | Deepest [[borehole]] by depth below sea level || {{convert|11944 |m|abbr=on|0}} (10,685 m well at 1,259 m deep seabed)<br />The Tiber well, [[Gulf of Mexico]], United States <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/79913/bp_makes_giant_deepwater_discovery_with_tiber/ |title=BP Deepeater Well|website=Rigzone}}</ref> |}
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