Blue Hole
The Blue Hole is a diving location on the southeast Sinai, a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba within the Red Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ras Abu Galum and Dahab.
Ras Abu Galum
Ras Abu Galum is in the Sinai region of Egypt.
Blue Hole
- Hole with an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
- Description: submarine sinkhole a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt
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Latitude
28.57224° or 28° 34′ 20″ north
Longitude
34.53695° or 34° 32′ 13″ east
Open location code
7GWPHGCP+VQ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Blue Hole” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الثقب الأزرق”
- Cebuano: “Blue Hole (lungag sa dagat sa Ehipto)”
- Cebuano: “Blue Hole”
- Chinese: “藍洞 (紅海)”
- Dutch: “Blue Hole”
- French: “Blue Hole”
- German: “Blue Hole”
- Hebrew: “החור הכחול”
- Indonesian: “Blue Hole (Laut Merah)”
- Indonesian: “Blue Hole”
- Italian: “Blue Hole”
- Polish: “Blue Hole”
- Portuguese: “Buraco Azul (Mar Vermelho)”
- Portuguese: “Buraco Azul”
- Russian: “Голубая дыра (Красное море)”
- Russian: “Голубая Дыра (Красное море)”
- Russian: “Голубая дыра”
- Spanish: “Agujero azul de Dahab”
- Swedish: “Blue Hole (sänka i Egypten)”
- Swedish: “Blue Hole”
- Turkish: “Mavi Çukur (Kızıldeniz)”
- Turkish: “Mavi Çukur”
- Ukrainian: “Блакитна діра”
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