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China claims world's biggest marine sinkhole

China claims world's biggest marine sinkhole
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Beijing has discovered the world’s largest hole in a disputed area of the South China Sea, state broadcaster CCTV has announced.

Beijing has discovered the world’s largest hole in a disputed area of the South China Sea, state broadcaster CCTV has announced.

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The 300m cavern is deeper than Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas, the official world’s deepest saltwater blue hole.

The water-filled sinkholes, formed during previous ice ages, occur in carbonate rock such as limestone, which over time, is eroded and dissolves into the subsurface.

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