Belize Barrier Reef
The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly 300 metres offshore in the north and 40 kilometres in the south within the country limits.Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Blue Hole.
Great Blue Hole
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
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 from the mainland and Belize City.
Belize Barrier Reef
- Type: Reef
- Description: series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize
- Categories: cay and landform
- Location: Belize, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Belize Barrier Reef from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Belize Barrier Reef” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الحاجز المرجانى لبيليز”
- Arabic: “الحاجز المرجاني في بليز”
- Armenian: “Բելիզի կորալյան արգելախութ”
- Asturian: “Sistema de Reserves de la Barrera del Petón de Belice”
- Belarusian: “Белізскі Бар’ерны рыф”
- Breton: “Kouraleg Belize”
- Bulgarian: “Белизийски бариерен риф”
- Catalan: “Barrera d’esculls de Belize”
- Catalan: “Barrera desculls de Belize”
- Catalan: “Sistema de Reserves de la Barrera d’esculls de Belize”
- Cebuano: “Belize Barrier Reef”
- Chinese: “伯利兹堡礁”
- Chinese: “伯利兹堡礁保护区”
- Croatian: “Belizejski koraljni greben”
- Croatian: “Koraljni greben Belizea”
- Czech: “Bariéra Belize”
- Czech: “Belizský bariérový útes”
- Danish: “Belize barriererev”
- Dhivehi: “ބެލައިޒް ބެރިއަރ ރީފް”
- Dhivehi: “ބެލީޒް ބެރިއަރ ރީފް”
- Dutch: “Barriererif van Belize”
- Dutch: “Barrièrerif van Belize”
- Esperanto: “Barilrifo de Belizo”
- Esperanto: “Barilrifo”
- Esperanto: “Beliza bariera rifo”
- Finnish: “Belizen koralliriutta”
- Finnish: “Belizen rantariuttojen suojelualue”
- French: “Barrière de corail du Belize”
- French: “cayes du Belize”
- French: “Cayes du Belize”
- French: “Cayes of Belize”
- Galician: “Barreira de Coral de Belize”
- Georgian: “ბელიზის ბარიერული რიფი”
- German: “Belize Barrier Reef”
- Hebrew: “מערכת שוניות המחסום בבליז”
- Hebrew: “שוניות המחסום בבליז”
- Hebrew: “שונית המחסום בבליז”
- Hungarian: “Belize Korallzátony Természetvédelmi Terület”
- Indonesian: “Cagar Alam Karang Penghalang Belize”
- Indonesian: “Karang Penghalang Belize”
- Indonesian: “Sistem Cagar Karang Penghalang Belize”
- Italian: “Barriera corallina del Belize”
- Italian: “Belize Barrier Reef”
- Japanese: “ベリーズ・バリア・リーフ”
- Japanese: “ベリーズバリアリーフ”
- Japanese: “ベリーズ珊瑚礁保護区”
- Korean: “벨리즈 배리어 리프”
- Korean: “벨리즈 산호초 보호 지역”
- Korean: “벨리즈 산호초 보호지역”
- Korean: “벨리즈 산호초보호지역”
- Kurdish: “Rêgiriya revzên Belîzê”
- Lithuanian: “Belizo barjerinis rifas”
- Malay: “Sistem Rizab Terumbu Sawar Belize”
- Malay: “Terumbu Penghalang Belize”
- Malay: “Terumbu Sawar Belize”
- Maltese: “Skoll tal-Qroll tal-Belize”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belize barriererev”
- Norwegian: “Belize barriererev”
- Persian: “دیواره مرجانی بلیز”
- Polish: “Rafa Koralowa Belize”
- Portuguese: “Barreira de Coral do Belize”
- Portuguese: “Barreira do Belize”
- Portuguese: “Rede de Reservas dos Recifes da Barreira do Belize”
- Russian: “Белизский Барьерный риф”
- Serbian: “Белизејски корални гребени”
- Serbian: “Корални гребен Белизеа”
- Serbian: “Корално гребење Белизеа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Koraljni greben Belizea”
- Slovak: “Bariéra Belize”
- Slovak: “Belize Barrier Reef”
- Slovenian: “Belize Barrier Reef”
- Slovenian: “Belizejski koralni greben”
- Slovenian: “Belizejski pregradni greben”
- Slovenian: “Koralni greben”
- Spanish: “Barrera del arrecife de belice”
- Spanish: “Sistema de Reservas de la Barrera del Arrecife de Belice”
- Swedish: “Belize barriärrev”
- Swedish: “Belize Barrier Reef”
- Tatar: “Белиз яр буйларындагы корал рифлары”
- Thai: “เบลีซแบร์ริเออร์รีฟ”
- Turkish: “Belize Resif Bariyeri”
- Turkish: “Belize Set Resifi”
- Ukrainian: “Белізький бар’єрний риф”
- Ukrainian: “Белізький барєрний риф”
- Vietnamese: “Belize Barrier”
- Vietnamese: “Rạn san hô Belize Barrier”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lighthouse Reef and Saddle Cay.
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