The gravity anomaly, or "gravity hole", is centered southwest of Sri Lanka and Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of mainland India, and east of the Horn of Africa.

Jul 24, 2023 · Today, scientists hypothesize that the hole in the Indian Ocean was shaped by plumes of magma coming from deep inside the planet, according to a new study.

Nov 3, 2023 · In a mysterious part of the Indian Ocean, the pull of gravity is much weaker than anywhere else on Earth. This gravity hole, the world’s largest (and deepest) gravitational anomaly, is officially...

Jul 10, 2023 · There's a huge gravity hole in the middle of the Indian Ocean that has stumped scientists for decades. The million-square-mile anomaly isn't a physical hole but an area of the ocean where the...

Jun 30, 2023 · Deep beneath the Indian Ocean, that pull weakens to an extreme low, leaving what is considered a massive gravity 'hole' some three million square kilometers in size roughly where the seafloor sinks into a vast depression.

Jun 26, 2023 · And a new study may have finally revealed its origins: it appears to be caused by plumes of molten rock rising from deep beneath Africa at the edges of the sinking remnants of an ancient ocean...

Jul 11, 2023 · Scientists may have finally identified the origins of a deep "gravity hole" in the Indian Ocean — a mysterious region where Earth's gravitational pull is weaker than at other parts of our...

Nov 22, 2024 · The Indian Ocean "gravity hole" is the site of the deepest dent in Earth's gravitational field. It's a circular ocean region with a gravitational pull that's so weak, sea levels are 348 feet...

Jul 25, 2023 · Earth’s lowest “gravity hole,” a mysterious depression in the Indian Ocean that experiences less gravity than the rest of the planet, is likely due to plumes of magma under the Earth’s crust, a recent study argues—a conclusion scientists reached using supercomputers to simulate the formation of the area over 140 million years.

Jul 4, 2023 · Known as the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL), in scientific terms, its origin remains mysterious and satellite-based surveys have revealed that the sea level just dips on account of the gravitational tug-of-war just off the tip of the Indian subcontinent.