The Taam Ja' Blue Hole off Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula has been discovered to be 'the deepest-known blue hole globally,' according to new research.
A blue hole off the coast of Mexico has been found to be the deepest underwater sinkhole in the world.The Taam Ja' Blue Hole, which was first discovered in 2021, was originally thought to be 900 feet deep, but according to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, it's actually at least 480 feet deeper at a staggering 1,380 feet below sea level.
The researchers investigated the Taam Ja' Blue Hole —which is located in Chetumal Bay off the southeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula—using a conductivity, temperature and depth profiler, which transmits the properties of an underwater environment back up to the surface.'On December 6, 2023, a scuba diving expedition was conducted to identify the environmental conditions prevailing at the TJBH,' the researchers wrote.
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Deepest blue hole in the world discovered, with hidden caves and tunnels believed to be insideSascha is a U.K.-based trainee staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southampton in England and a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and the health website Zoe.
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