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Great Blue Hole

submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize
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Great Blue Hole
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Great Blue Hole is a blue hole[1]. It draws 4,910 Wikipedia views per month (blue hole category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Belize District[3]
  • Country: Belize[4]
  • Instance of: natural monument[5]
  • Location: Lighthouse Reef[6]
  • Part of: Belize Barrier Reef[7]
  • Commons category: Great Blue Hole (Belize)[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Belize Barrier Reef[9]
  • IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category III: Natural Monument or Feature[10]
  • Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[11], natural monument[12]
  • Native label: Great blue hole[13]
  • Area: 7.06 ha[14]
  • Vertical depth: 124 m[15]

Why It Matters

Great Blue Hole has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Belize

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . World Database on Protected Areas. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . World Database on Protected Areas. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ouest-france.fr. Retrieved . ouest-france.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/velka-modra-diera/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:J"
  2. 24w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Instance of → —
    Country → —
    Part of → Belize Barrier Reef
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/velka-modra-diera/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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