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Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas. Coordinates. 23°6′23″N 75°0′31″W / 23.10639°N 75.00861°W / 23.10639; -75.00861. Depth. 202 metres (663 ft) [1] Geology. Blue hole. Dean's Blue Hole is a blue hole located in The Bahamas in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island and is the world's third deepest with a depth of 202 ...
The deepest blue hole in the world is the Taam Ja' Blue Hole in Chetumal Bay, which was found to have a depth of more than 420 metres (1,380 ft) in 2024. [ 3 ] The second deepest is the Dragon Hole , or Longdong, in the South China Sea at 300.89 metres (987 ft) deep, [ 4 ] while the third deepest blue hole in the world is Dean's Blue Hole at ...
Andros Island was the site of two of the first dive-dedicated resorts in the world, and the first in The Bahamas, both founded by Canadians. Small Hope Bay Lodge near Fresh Creek was founded by Dick Birch in 1960. It continues to operate as a dive resort under the ownership and management of Dick Birch's children.
Cat Island is located in The Bahamas, and is one of its districts. Cat Island also has the nation's highest point, Mount Alvernia (formerly known as Como Hill). It rises to 63 metres (207 ft) and is topped by a monastery called The Hermitage. This assembly of buildings was erected by the Franciscan "Brother Jerome" (John Hawes).
Website. Official website. Chub Cay is an island in the Berry Islands chain of the Bahamas. It has a population of 46. (2010 census) Chub Cay is a private island and is only accessible by being a guest of Chub Cay Resort and Marina. Aside from the natural beauty of the island and extensive facilities of the hotel, guests of the resort enjoy ...
Blue Hole (Red Sea) – a submarine sinkhole around 94 m (308 feet) deep in east Sinai, a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. Dead Sea sinkholes Dean's Blue Hole – the world's second deepest known salt water blue hole with an entrance below the sea level; in the Bahamas
Vertical Blue. Vertical Blue is a invite-only elite freediving competition which has been held in The Bahamas at Dean's Blue Hole by freediving world record holder William Trubridge. It was an AIDA International or CMAS in 2021 judged competition and has been the venue for multiple world and national records for athletes coming from countries ...
Herbert Nitsch (born 20 April 1970) is an Austrian freediver, the current freediving world record champion, and "the deepest man on earth" [ 1 ] having dived to a depth of 253.2 meters (831 feet). Nitsch has held 34 world records in all of the eight freediving disciplines recognised by AIDA International and one in the traditional Greek ...