Chicxulub Impact Crater
Mexico /
Yucatan /
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/ Mexico
/ Yucatan
/ Ixil
World / Mexico / Yucatán
impact crater, invisible
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Chicxulub Crater (IPA: /tʃikʃu'lub/) (cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub Puerto, Yucatán, Mexico.
Investigations suggest that this impact structure is dated from the late Cretaceous Period, about 65 million years ago. Thus the meteorite associated with the crater is implicated in causing the extinction of the dinosaurs as suggested by the K-T boundary.
Chicxulub Crater (IPA: /tʃikʃu'lub/) (cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub Puerto, Yucatán, Mexico.
Investigations suggest that this impact structure is dated from the late Cretaceous Period, about 65 million years ago. Thus the meteorite associated with the crater is implicated in causing the extinction of the dinosaurs as suggested by the K-T boundary.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_Crater
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Coordinates: 21°17'18"N 89°30'49"W
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