Sansha Yongle Dragon Hole

Dragon Hole, also known as Sansha Yongle Blue Hole after the third Ming emperor, Yongle, was the deepest known blue hole in the world at 300.89 metres deep until it was discovered that the surpassed it in 2024.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: deep underwater sinkhole in the South China Sea
  • Also known as: “Dragon Hole”, “Sansha Yongle Blue hole”, “Yongle Blue Hole”, and “永乐蓝洞”

Sansha Yongle Dragon Hole

Latitude
16.52477° or 16° 31′ 29″ north
Longitude
111.76798° or 111° 46′ 5″ east
Open location code
7P8HGQF9+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 448933579
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q26162586
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Sansha Yongle Dragon Hole” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “三沙永乐龙洞”
  • Czech: “Dračí díra”
  • Czech: “Dračí Díra”
  • Danish: “Dragehullet”
  • French: “Trou du dragon”
  • French: “Trou du Dragon”
  • German: “Drachenloch”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dragehullet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dragon hole”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dragon Hole”
  • Norwegian: “Dragon Hole”
  • Persian: “چاه آبی اژدها”
  • Turkish: “Ejder Çukuru”
  • Ukrainian: “Блакитна діра Юнле”
  • Ukrainian: “Блакитна печера Санша”
  • Ukrainian: “Діра дракона”
  • Ukrainian: “Печера дракона Санша Юнле”
  • Vietnamese: “Hố Rồng (Tam Sa Vĩnh Lạc Long Động)”
  • Vietnamese: “Lỗ Rồng”

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