this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2025
106 points (98.2% liked)

Wikipedia

3882 readers
174 users here now

A place to share interesting articles from Wikipedia.

Rules:

Recommended:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago