5 of the World’s Most Secure Vaults & Bunkers

of the World's Most Secure Vaults & Bunkers Svalbard Global Seed Vault This bank provides security not just from people, but from mother nature; over 750,000 seed samples are stored here, which could come in handy should any major catastrophes wipe out unique species. The vault is 430 ft above sea Temperature of storage rooms: O' Fahrenheit / -18 Celsius level, protecting its contents even if the icecaps melt. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland This bank boasts the largest vault door in the world. The hinge alone weighs over 47 tons, and the whole assembly weighs 167 tons - as much as 23 adult male elephants! 167 tons United States Bullion Depository More commonly known as Fort Knox, this heavily fortified vault building holds over 5,000 tons of gold – roughly 3% of the gold ever refined in human history. Locked in? You're in luck - the architects planned an escape tunnel from the lower level of the vault. 30,000 soldiers surround Fort Knox, plus a few more minor security details: barbed minefields tanks attack razor wire helicopters 4 Cheyenne Mountain Engineered in the 1950's as a defense against long- range Soviet bombers, the Cheyenne Mountain Complex is excavated from granite and houses command centers for several US defense organizations. The mother of all bunkers If disaster should strike, you'd be hard-pressed to find a safer place. Among the provisions: Four water reservoirs (one freshwater) with a total capacity of 1.5 million gallons Incoming air filtered to remove chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats. Inner buildings are connected to walls with 1,000 lb shocks in case of earthquakes. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Of all the US Federal reserve banks, the NYC bank is considered the most influential and active, and it holds the most assets. Moving Gold at the New York Fed? While it costs nothing to store gold in the federal reserve, moving it will set you back $1.75 per bar. Perhaps it's to pay for special footwear that movers must wear to avoid injury from a falling 28-pound brick? This infographic brought to you by: OPHOENIX lockmaster Image credits: 1. Global Crop Diversity Trust (left), Svalbard Global Seed Vault/Mari Tefre (right, bottom) 2. Wikipedia user Spamguy (left), Wikipedia user Xsarahrahx (right) 3. Flickr user Cliff1066 4. www.norad.mil 5. Everystockphoto user epicharmus (left), Federal Reserve (right) ......*