Dean's Blue Hole

Dean's Blue Hole
Dean's Blue Hole
Map showing the location of Dean's Blue Hole
Map showing the location of Dean's Blue Hole
Map showing the location of Dean's Blue Hole
Map showing the location of Dean's Blue Hole
LocationClarence Town, Long Island,  Bahamas
Coordinates23°6′23″N 75°0′31″W / 23.10639°N 75.00861°W / 23.10639; -75.00861
Depth202 metres (663 ft)[1]
GeologyBlue hole

Dean's Blue Hole is a blue hole located in The Bahamas in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island and is the world's third deepest with a depth of 202 metres (663 ft), after the Taam Ja' Blue Hole in the Chetumal Bay and the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, William L. (1994). "Morphometry and Hydrology of Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island". Bahamas Journal of Science. 2 (1): 10–14. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.