{"id":87103,"date":"2026-02-10T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=87103"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:46:49","slug":"dragon-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dragon-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dragon Hole Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, also known as the Dragon Hole, sits in the South China Sea and has drawn scientific attention for more than a decade. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dragon Hole<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dragon Hole is the popular name for the <\/span><b>Sansha Yongle Blue Hol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e, a<\/span><b> massive marine sinkhole<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the<\/span><b> South China Sea.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Blue holes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>steep-sided underwater cavities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often <\/span><b>formed in limestone landscapes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that<\/span><b> later flooded as sea levels rose.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> deepest known underwater sinkhole<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is about <\/span><b>25 kilometers from the Discovery Reef<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the South China Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The local fishermen call it the\u2018eye\u2019of the South China Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed to be <\/span><b>301.19 meters deep, beating Dean&#8217;s Blue Hole in the Bahamas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by almost 100 meters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The almost <\/span><b>vertical blue hole <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measures 130 meters in diameter at its surface entrance and 36 meters at its very <\/span><b>bottom, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where there is literally<\/span><b> no water flow or exchange with the rest of the ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Water in the lower part <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a deep blue hole like Dragon Hole is <\/span><b>stagnant and anoxic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with nearly <\/span><b>no water circulation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and thus <\/span><b>unfavorable for most sea life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but nonetheless can<\/span><b> support large colonies of bacteria.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, <\/span><b>at least 20 ocean species thrive in the upper section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the hole, where there is a <\/span><b>unique ecosystem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> characterized by <\/span><b>ample oxygen and nutrients.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/the-dragon-hole-of-the-south-china-sea-where-the-ocean-slowly-runs-out-of-oxygen\/articleshow\/128118810.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Hole is the popular name for the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, a massive marine sinkhole in the South China Sea. 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