The speleologist Anton Suwa died while exploring a cave with this name in Zalog pri Šempetru (“shem-PAY-troo”), located near a gorge with this name outside of Ljubljana. A village with this name in Stjørdal (“stee-YER-dal”) takes its name from the Old Norse word for "overhang." Short limestone formations surrounded by shrubbery inspired residents to give this name to a touristy area in West Bay, Grand Cayman. A Michigan town with this name may have been inspired by German travelers shouting the phrase "So beautifully bright!" out of a stagecoach. In 2013, George (*) Kourounis journeyed to the bottom of a location with this name, whose impacts on the local community were addressed by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan, which has burned for five decades, is nicknamed the "Door to" this place. Mount Etna was considered a gate to, for 10 points, what location where souls suffer in the afterlife? ■END■
ANSWER: hell [or Door to Hell; or Gates of Hell]
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