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2. Blue hole - Wikipedia

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   The Great Blue Hole, located near Ambergris Caye, Belize Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas Watling's Blue Hole, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. A blue hole is a large marine cavern or sinkhole, which is open to the surface and has developed in a bank or island composed of a carbonate bedrock (limestone or coral reef).

3. List of sinkholes - Wikipedia

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   The Great Blue Hole, a giant submarine sinkhole, near Ambergris Caye, Belize The following is a list of sinkholes , blue holes , dolines , crown holes , cenotes , and pit caves . A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.

4. Taam Ja' Blue Hole - Wikipedia

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   Its name means deep water in the Mayan language and, at over 420 metres (1,380 ft) deep, it is the deepest known blue hole. [1] Blue holes generate a distinctive blue color when seen from above and are typically only a few dozen meters deep. It was discovered in about 2003 by a local diver who followed a grouper that went into its mouth. The ...

5. Scientists Are Planning on Plunging Into the World’s ‘Portal ...

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   Known as Dean’s Blue Hole, this geological wonder located off the coast of Long Island is a staggering 663 feet deep, making it one of the deepest blue holes in the world and also an area ripe ...

6. Belize's 'Blue Hole' can help crack the mystery of ancient Maya

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   The Blue Hole is a massive sinkhole in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

7. Researchers found a treasure trove of fossils in a Bahamian ...

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   Twenty years ago, a cave diver found thousands of fossils in a blue hole on Great Abaco Island. The fossils reveal the island's Ice Age history , with pristine specimens of now-extinct species.

8. Paracel Islands - Wikipedia

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   A feature of the Paracel Islands is Dragon Hole, the second deepest blue hole (underwater sinkhole) in the world. [4] [5] [6] Sea turtles and seabirds are native to the islands, which have a hot and humid climate, abundant rainfall and may experience annual typhoons. The archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and a seabed ...

9. ‘Blue hole’ is largest ever discovered at 1.3K feet deep ...

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   Indeed, new measurements taken during a December scuba-diving expedition indicate that the Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH), located in Chetumal Bay off the Yucatan Peninsula, extends at least 1,380 ...