The Door to Hell - Burning Gas Crater in Darvaza, Turkmenistan By Kaushik Wednesday, June 08, 2011 Travel 16 comments The Darvaza gas crater or “The Door to Hell” is a 60 meters wide and 20 meters deep hole in the heart of the hot, expansive Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, that has been on on fire for the last 38 years. But the hole is not of a natural origin. The large cr..