InformationAnalysis of stalactites found in Great Blue Hole shows that formation took place 153,000; 66,000; 60,000; and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to rise again, the cave was flooded. The Great Blue Hole is a part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO
Great Blue Hole history sees the famous sinkhole being formed hundreds of thousands of years ago. Its creation more specifically occurred during the last ice age and is the result of solid rock caverns eventually caving in on themselves. When the ocean levels rose, the deep chasm that was formed filled with water. Stalactites that have been discovered in the submerged caves of the Great Blue Hole hint at the fact that the area once sat above sea level. (17.3153° N, 87.5344° W)
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