Well of Barhout

The Well of Barhout is a in Al-Mahara, . It has a circular entrance that measures about 30 m wide at the surface, and it is 112 metres deep.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Sinkhole
  • Description: sink hole in Yemen
  • Also known as: “Barhout Pit”, “Barhut Well”, and “Well of Hell”

Well of Barhout

Latitude
17.34035° or 17° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
52.44393° or 52° 26′ 38″ east
Open location code
7H9J8CRV+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 958818524
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sinkhole
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q4078778
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Well of Barhout” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بئر برهوت”
  • Arabic: “خسف فوجيت”
  • Bashkir: “Бәрһүт”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەرەھووت”
  • Chinese: “地獄之井”
  • Chinese: “巴爾胡特井”
  • Chinese: “巴豪特之井”
  • Czech: “Barhútská studna”
  • Czech: “Pekelná studna”
  • Esperanto: “Puto de Barhut”
  • Finnish: “Bir Barhut”
  • French: “puits de Barhout”
  • French: “Puits de Barhout”
  • French: “Puits de l’enfer”
  • German: “Brunnen von Barhout”
  • Indonesian: “Sumur Barhut”
  • Japanese: “バラフートの井戸”
  • Japanese: “地獄の井戸”
  • Malay: “Perigi Barahut”
  • Malay: “Perigi Barhout”
  • Malay: “Perigi Barhut”
  • Malay: “Perigi Neraka”
  • Malay: “Sumur Barahut”
  • Malay: “Sumur Barhout”
  • Malay: “Sumur Barhut”
  • Malay: “Sumur Neraka”
  • Malay: “Telaga Barahut”
  • Malay: “Telaga Barhout”
  • Malay: “Telaga Barhut”
  • Malay: “Telaga Neraka”
  • Malay: “تلاݢ برهوت”
  • Malay: “تلاݢ نراک”
  • Malay: “سومور برهوت”
  • Malay: “سومور نراک”
  • Malay: “ڤريݢي برهوت”
  • Malay: “ڤريݢي نراک”
  • Persian: “برهوت”
  • Russian: “Бархут”
  • Thai: “บ่อบัรฮูต”
  • Turkish: “Berehut”
  • Ukrainian: “Бархут”

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