cenote
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World / Mexico / Yucatán
lake, cenote
Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula has no rivers or lakes,however water fresh flows throughout its porous subsoil. Occasionally the soil gives way and opens a "grotto", or cave, usually with crystal clear fresh water, delightful for seimming, and sacred to the ancient Maya. Cenotes are connected by a labyrinth of underground rivers which are hardly explored and offer a new and challenging "sport", cave scuba diving. These fresh water fivers empty into the Caribbean and into the Gulf of Mexico.
"Cenote" has no translation to English, however some writers mistakenly use the word "sinkhole".
"Cenote" has no translation to English, however some writers mistakenly use the word "sinkhole".
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Coordinates: 20°51'15"N 88°53'43"W
- Cenote 5.4 km
- Cenote 14 km
- Cenote 15 km
- Cenotes Zone 16 km
- Cenote 16 km
- Cenote 19 km
- Laguna de Yalahau 39 km
- Cenote 42 km
- Ayim Cenote 58 km
- Zona de cenotes 63 km
- Hacienda Santa Catalina 5.2 km
- Cenote ring at the The Chicxulub Crater 14 km
- Monastery of San Antonio de Padua (Franciscan) 15 km
- Pyramid of Kinich Kak Mo, the Mayan Sun God 16 km
- Cenote zone 27 km
- Acuífero de Yalahau 39 km
- State park Lagunas de Yalahau 41 km
- Cenote-zone 44 km
- Hacienda San Jose, a Luxury Collection Hotel 45 km
- Chicxulub Impact Crater 80 km
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