Worth knowing
Belize
The Great Blue Hole is a sunken cave about 300 metres across and 125 metres deep. It formed on dry land during the ice ages and flooded when the seas rose.
Where its story happens
The Great Blue Hole, at 17.32°N, 87.53°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Belize
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Belize, on the Caribbean coast of Central America, south of Mexico and east of Guatemala. See Belize on a map.
- It was called British Honduras until 1973, and divers come for its Great Blue Hole.
- It is the only country in Central America whose official language is English.
- A forest reserve here was created in the 1980s especially to protect jaguars.
- A Maya pyramid more than 1,000 years old is still one of the tallest buildings in this country.