Great Blue Hole
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The Great Blue Hole is a large marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape
The Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole is near the center of the Lighthouse Reef.
Belize Barrier Reef
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The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly 300 metres offshore in the north and 40 kilometres in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier
Great Blue Hole
…place 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to rise again, the cave was flooded. The Great Blue Hole is part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site was made famous by Jacques Cousteau, who declared it one of the top five scuba diving sites in the world. In…
Green sea turtle with remora fish on its back
Close-up view of the reef
Barrier reef aerial