Great Blue Hole

Belize /
 interesting place, UNESCO World Heritage Site, natural monument, blue hole, tourist attraction
This is the Great Blue Hole, a popular dive location. It's an entrance to a subterranean cavern ( a sinkhole) hundreds of feet deep. A long boat ride from San Pedro, Belize but well worth the trip.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Hole
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Coordinates:   17°18'56"N   87°32'5"W

Comments

  • 480 feet (145 m) deep.......spectacular view, would surely come here someday
  • Great Blue Hole (Belize) Part of the Lighthouse Reef System, The Great Blue Hole lies approximately 60 miles off the mainland out of Belize City. A large, almost perfectly circular hole approximately one quarter of a mile (0.4 km) across, it’s one of the most astounding dive sites to be found anywhere on earth. Inside this hole, the water is 480 feet (145 m) deep and it is the depth of water which gives the deep blue color that causes such structures throughout the world to be known as "blue holes."