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Great Blue Hole (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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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 (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, 318 m (1,043 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep. It has a surface area of 70,650 square metres (760,500 sq ft). It was formed during several phases of the Quaternary glaciation when sea levels were much lower.

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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I went to Belize around 20 years ago for my first ever dive trip.

Talking with other divers I found out they had recovered a body from the blue hole a week earlier. The head and hands had been eaten, but the body in the wetsuit was intact. They identified it based on the rented dive camera still attached to the person, it had been down there a few years.

We decided to stick to lower level dives on that trip.

[–] Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au 6 points 3 weeks ago

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