World’s deepest diving pool opens in Mszczonow, Poland
Publication date 23 November 2020 | 21:22 | ICT
A 45.5m deep diving pool with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins, the world’s deepest such structure, opened near Warsaw this weekend. The complex, named Deepspot, even includes a small wreck for scuba and free divers to explore.
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