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Sascha Pare

World's biggest underground thermal lake discovered in Albania at bottom of 330-foot abyss

View of an underground thermal lake from above inside a cave.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest underground thermal lake in a cave in southern Albania, the results of a new expedition confirm.

Researchers from the Czech Republic first found the lake four years ago, but they did not have the right instruments to measure it at the time, according to a translated statement from the Neuron Foundation — an organization that promotes research by Czech scientists.

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