Great Blue Hole
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.
USGS, Public domain.- Body of water
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- Description: submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize
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Latitude
17.31593° or 17° 18′ 57″ north
Longitude
-87.53476° or 87° 32′ 5″ west
Open location code
769J8F88+93
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
water = cenote
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Great Blue Hole” goes by many names.
الثقب الأزرق العظيمArabic
Մեծ երկնագույն անցքArmenian
Gran furacu azulAsturian
Great Blue HoleBavarian
Вялікая блакітная дзіраBelarusian
গ্রেট ব্লু হোলBengali
Gran forat blauCatalan
Great Blue HoleCebuano
大蓝洞Chinese
大藍洞Chinese
Great Blue HoleCroatian
Velika Plava RupaCroatian
Great Blue HoleCzech
Velká modrá díraCzech
Great Blue HoleDutch
الثقب الازرق العظيمEgyptian Arabic
Granda Blua TruoEsperanto
Great Blue HoleEsperanto
Great Blue HoleFinnish
Gran Buraco AzulGalician
Great Blue HoleGalician
დიდი ცისფერი ორმოGeorgian
החור הכחול הגדולHebrew
Nagy Kék LyukHungarian
Great Blue HoleIndonesian
Grande Voragine BluItalian
Great Blue HoleItalian
グレート・ブルーホールJapanese
Үлкен Көгілдір ОйықKazakh
그레이트 블루 홀Korean
Korta şîn a mezinKurdish
Didžioji Žydroji skylėLithuanian
Голема сина дупкаMacedonian
Gran Agujero AzulMalay
Great Blue HoleMalay
Lubang Biru BesarMalay
Great Blue HoleNorwegian
Great Blue HoleNorwegian Bokmål
گودال آبی بزرگPersian
Blue HolePolish
Great Blue HolePolish
Marea Gaură AlbastrăRomanian
Большая голубая дыраRussian
Большая синяя дыраRussian
Великая голубая дыраRussian
Голубая впадинаRussian
Синяя дыраRussian
Велика плава рупаSerbian
Velika Plava RupaSerbo-Croatian
Great Blue HoleSlovak
Velika modra luknjaSlovenian
Blå håletSwedish
Great Blue HoleSwedish
Great Blue Hole (sänka i Belize)Swedish
அபார நீலத்துளைTamil
Зур зәңгәр тишекTatar
Büyük Mavi ÇukurTurkish
Велика Блакитна печераUkrainian
Велика синя діраUkrainian
Велика Синя ПечераUkrainian
Great Blue HoleWaray (Philippines)
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