Glory hole
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Glory hole may refer to:
- Glory hole, surface depression produced block caving in underground mining
- Glory hole (petroleum production)Glory hole (petroleum production)A glory hole in the context of the offshore petroleum industry is an excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice. An economically attractive alternative for exploiting offshore petroleum resources...
, a type of underwater excavation - Glory hole (sexual slang)
- Glory hole, reheating furnace for glassblowing
- Glory hole, reservoir-spillway design