The Great Blue Hole is found in Lighthouse Reef Atoll in the Caribbean Sea around 80 kilometers (~50 miles) off the coast of Belize. Amid the atoll’s shallow turquoise waters, a huge circular opening ...

It's called the Great Blue Hole. Scuba divers and snorkelers have been cruising the surface waters for decades, but few have dared to venture deeper and explore what lies beyond the blackness.

The Great Blue Hole is a massive marine sinkhole in the Caribbean, situated off the coast of Belize. Its diameter is 1,043 feet, and its depth reaches 407 feet. This impressive formation attracts ...

Belize's Great Blue Hole is one of Earth's most mysterious features. Anyone peering into the 125 metre (410ft) deep pit will wonder what secrets and stories lie beneath. Now, scientists have ...

Researchers say the Great Blue Hole has revealed a ‘concerning’ storm trend (Picture: Getty Images) Scientists have uncovered a ‘concerning’ trend after taking a sample from the Great Blue ...

A new study analyzed a sediment core from the Great Blue Hole in Belize and found that storms have steadily been increasing in region for the past 5,700 years. However, recent sediment layers ...

According to Travel Belize, the country’s Great Blue Hole is a massive marine sinkhole that “is circular in shape and roughly 1,000 feet across (300 meters) and over 400 feet deep (120 meters).” ...

A graph from the study showing the storm frequency in the Great Blue Hole in 100-year counting windows. The black line represents the 5,700-year trend towards increasing storm frequency in the ...

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 – along with six other areas surrounding Belize's barrier reef – the Great Blue Hole remains one of the world's most distinguished scuba sites.

Did you know that off the coast of Belize there's something called the Great Blue Hole? It's very much what the name describes it as, being a very deep pit in the ocean from which some people who ...

Scientists took a 98-foot core sample from the bottom of the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize to uncover patterns of tropical cyclones over the last 5,700 years. . | Credit: Schafer & Hill ...

A sample drilled from the bottom of the Great Blue Hole has uncovered 5,700 years of history. The underwater sinkhole, located off the coast of Belize in Central America, is one of the world's most ...