Glover’s Reef is a prime example of an atoll. It is the prototypic atoll of the Caribbean, and the best developed of all the atolls in Belize. It is classified as an elongate rectangular atoll, 32 km long and 12 km wide with an area of 260 square kilometers. The waters outside of the atoll are exceptionally clear and the eastern side of the atoll feels the full force of the prevailing winds and waves of the Caribbean Sea. This atoll posses the greatest diversity of reef types and associated organisms of all the offshore reefs. The central lagoon of the atoll is unique because of its depth and the number of pinnacles and patch reefs carpeting the entire lagoon.
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