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  2. Yucatán Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The proper derivation of the word Yucatán is widely debated. 17th-century Franciscan historian Diego López de Cogolludo offers two theories in particular. [8] In the first one, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, having first arrived to the peninsula in 1517, inquired the name of a certain settlement and the response in Yucatec Mayan was "I don't understand", which sounded like yucatán to the ...

  3. List of peninsulas - Wikipedia

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    Long Island was once a peninsula connected to North America during the great Ice Ages, and includes two large peninsulas at its east end: the South Fork and the North Fork. Cumberland Head Coney Island was an island until it was expanded through land reclamation into the Coney Island Creek , thus becoming a peninsula.

  4. Yucatán - Wikipedia

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    As of 2016 the Mexican National Public Security System ranked Yucatán among the safest Mexican states. [54] It is one of the two states the U.S. advises its citizens to exercise normal precautions, alongside neighbouring Campeche. [55] Yucatán is the safest state in Mexico [56] [57] and Mérida was awarded City of Peace in 2011. [58] [59]

  5. Outline of North America - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North America. North America is a continent [ 1 ] in the Earth 's Northern and Western Hemispheres . It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean , on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean , on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea , and on the south and west by the North ...

  6. Category:Peninsulas of North America - Wikipedia

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    Peninsulas of Canada (1 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Peninsulas of North America" ... Tiburon Peninsula; Tucker's Town Peninsula, Bermuda ...

  7. Pacific Coast Ranges - Wikipedia

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    Malibu Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains. The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System [1] in the United States; French: chaînes côtières du Pacifique; Spanish: cadena costera del Pacífico) [2] are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico.

  8. Geography of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Pico de Orizaba, also known as Citlaltépetl, is the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest peak in North America, after Denali in Alaska and Mount Logan in Canada. The Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range starts at the Big Bend region of the border with the U.S. state of Texas and continues 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) until reaching ...

  9. Category:Yucatán Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Yucatán Peninsula — of northeastern Central America, including Southern Mexico. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

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