A rare coral reef blue hole discovered in South China Sea. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People's Republic of China has released a survey report confirming this new discovery.

The newly discovered sea-blue hole seems like a large natural depression on the ocean floor, identified in the waters off Huangyan Island.

Located in the lagoon of Huangyan Island also known as Scarborough Shoal, this formation is the first of its kind identified in China.

According to a report released on Thursday, it has emerged as a biodiversity hot spot. Environmental DNA technology has helped scientists detect more than 2,700 marine species in and around the blue hole.

It was first spotted by a scientific observation team in August last year in the central area of a lagoon, said the 2025

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