Archbald Pothole is 38 feet (11.6 m) deep and 42 feet (12.8 m) wide at its maximum diameter. The pothole cuts through layers of sandstone, shale and coal. A pothole, in geologic terms, is a hole that is worn into the bedrock of a stream in strong rapids or at the base of a waterfall.

2022年5月1日 · The World's largest Glacial Pothole is estimated to be 13,000 years old and thought to have been created by a waterfall off of a glacier, or from the stream bed flowing off of a glacier.

2024年2月16日 · Washington, Minnesota and Michigan are the states with the most pothole problems. Pothole repairs increased by 55% from 2021 to 2022. See how your state ranks for potholes.

2016年11月23日 · Visiting Archbald Pothole State Park in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, offers a look at the world's largest gracial pothole. Find out if this oddity is worth the time to see.

2016年8月23日 · Regardless of its formation, this glacial pothole is a geological wonder: At 38 feet deep and 42 feet by 24 feet wide at its largest diameter, it could hold up to 140,000 gallons of liquid and...

2025年1月7日 · The 25,000-year-old "pothole" in the Pemigewasset River, is 30 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep, according to Visit White Mountains. Believe it or not, the world's largest pothole is in Pennsylvania, at Archbald Pothole State Park. Yes, a state park literally named POTHOLE.

2024年6月27日 · The largest pothole in the United States is located in the borough of Archbald, Pennsylvania, near Carbondale. Known as the Archbald Pothole, it measures 42 feet wide and can hold approximately 140,000 gallons of meltwater.

The Archbald Pothole is the largest pothole in the world surpassing in size even the more noted potholes of Switzerland and other parts of the world. The pothole is located on the Hackle track in Archbald Borough.

2009年8月29日 · Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age. The Glacial Potholes found on the Deerfield River, at the base of Salmon Falls in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts are a testament to the...

Archbald, Pennsylvania: World's Largest Glacial Pothole. Big Ice Age hole in the ground 42 feet wide that could hold 140,000 gallons of meltwater. Conveniently located next to a highway. A handy observation deck on the rim allows you to peer into …