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The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometre (190 mi) long section of the 900-kilometre (560 mi) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is continuous from Cancún on the north-eastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula through the Riviera Maya and down to Honduras, making it the second largest coral reef system in the world after the Great Barrier ...
The Great Blue Hole is a giant marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, 318 m (1,043 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep. [1][2] It has a surface area of 70,650 square metres (760,500 sq ft).
Lighthouse Reef is an atoll in the Caribbean Sea, the easternmost part of the Belize Barrier Reef and one of its three atolls, the other two being Turneffe Atoll and Glover's Reef. Lighthouse Reef is located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Belize City. [1][2] The atoll is of oblong shape, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) long from ...
Ambergris Caye, Corozal District, Belize. Coordinates. 18°08′28″N 87°51′47″W / 18.141°N 87.863°W / 18.141; -87.863 [1] Area. 15,530 acres (62.8 km 2) Established. 1996. Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (BCNPMR) is a protected area and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the northern part of Ambergris Caye in Belize.
Coordinates: 16°49′23″N87°47′28″W16.823°N 87.791°W. Map of Belize's southern islands, with Glover's in the bottom right corner. Glover's Reef is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. [ 1 ] It forms part of the outermost boundary of the Belize Barrier Reef ...
Governing body. Hol Chan Marine Reserve Trust Fund Committee. Website. www.holchanmarinereserve.org. Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres) of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forest. Hol Chan is Mayan for "little channel".