El Caracol (Observatory)
Mexico /
Yucatan /
Piste /
World
/ Mexico
/ Yucatan
/ Piste
World / Mexico / Yucatán
observatory, archaeological site, tourist attraction
El Caracol, also referred to as the Observatory or more formally by its archaeological survey designation Structure 3C15, is the common name given to one prominent building at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization archaeological site of Chichen Itza, on Mexico's northern Yucatán Peninsula. The structure dates to at least the Mid-Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, and by the Late Classic or earlier its most probable primary function was as a proto-observatory.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Caracol,_Chichen_Itza
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 20°40'45"N 88°34'14"W
- Coba 89 km
- Lamanai Archeological Reserve 322 km
- El Pilar Archeological Reserve 385 km
- Nohoch Cheen Archaeological Reserve 386 km
- Tikal National Park 392 km
- Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park 398 km
- Tikal, Guatemala 400 km
- Cuban underwater city 405 km
- Caracol Archeological Reserve 434 km
- Lanquin Archaeological Park 587 km
- The Mayaland Lodges at Chichen Itza 0.4 km
- CZA - Chichen Itza airport 1.2 km
- Runway 10/28 14 km
- Chichen Itza International Airport 14 km
- Area de Servicios de la autopista Merida-Cancun o Cancun-Merida 36 km
- Cenote zone 47 km
- Ek' Balam 51 km
- Punta Laguna 97 km
- Holbox Island 155 km
- Riviera Maya 157 km