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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 ...
Isla Pérez is an island located in the Gulf of Mexico, 130 km (80.7 mi) north of Progreso, Mexico, off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.It belongs to the Arrecife Alacranes National Park, and is the largest island in the archipelago.
Chicxulub Puerto is most famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater, an impact crater discovered by geologists on the Yucatán Peninsula and extending into the ocean. It was created by the impact some 66 million years ago of the Chicxulub impactor , an asteroid or comet which caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction ...
Dzemul meaning "Little Pyramid" has an 18th-century church called the Santa Ana Dzemul, which is very large and is said to be the largest parish church in the Yucatán peninsula. [9] Its long nave has broad transepts and a camari at the back of the apse which is raised. It does not have a dome, a usual feature of that period, but its nave ...
The first Maya moved to the Peninsula circa 250 CE, from the Petén (today northern Guatemala), to settle the southeastern peninsula in the modern Bacalar, Quintana Roo. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In 525, the Chanés (Maya group that preceded the Itza ), moved to the east of the peninsula, founding Chichén Itzá , Izamal , Motul , Ek' Balam , Ichcaanzihó ...
A panorama of the Mayapan excavations from the top of the Castle of King Kukulcan. The ethnohistorical sources – such as Diego de Landa's Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan, compiled from native sources in the 16th century – recount that the site was founded by Kukulcan (the Mayan name of Quetzalcoatl, the Toltec king, culture hero, and demigod) after the fall of Chichen Itza.
The Yucatán Peninsula — of northeastern Central America, including Southern Mexico. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Freshwater from the peninsula's extensive aquifer has an outlet in the reserve, mixing with the salt waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the wetlands. [3] There are coastal dunes, and tropical dry forests in the uplands. [3] The reserve is home to large and diverse populations of migratory and resident birds, with over 304 species identified.