Tennessee Landforms -- sinkholes
WGS84
35.636230 -83.748690
35° 38.174'N 83° 44.921'W
35° 38' 10.4"N 83° 44' 55.3"W
17S 251103E 3947082N
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Whiteoak Sink 199'

Waypoint: BTS002 35.636230,-83.748690
County: Blount   landforms of Blount county
Locale: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Remarks:

Ono of two big sinkholes in the Smokies. The other is Bull Sink, and there are three small sinkholes just north of Finley Cane trail in Big Spring Cove at 35.60966,-83.74394 ( photos). Gourley's Pond (35.593387,-83.788991) in Cades Coves, a sinkhole? See white oak sink geology info and pics and Cades Cove geology and geologic map of Cades Cove (pdf).

from sinkhole digital analysis
ID: 17711
Area: 0.7 km2
Perimeter: 8.2 km, boundary
Depth: 60.7 m
Volume: 1526579 m3


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