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Isla Mujeres (Spanish pronunciation: ['isla mu'xeɾes], Spanish for "Women Island", formally “Isla de Mujeres”) is an island where the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea meet, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off the Yucatán Peninsula coast in the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long and 650 metres ...
At the beginning of 2008, Jaime González Cano began to create the plans for an underwater museum that would be formed by nature into a coral reef. [ 1 ] Dr. Jaime González Cano, the Director of the National Park Costa Occidental Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc, saw that the natural coral reefs were being damaged by tourists, anchors ...
In 2022, Isla Mujeres saw only 20% of Cancun’s tourist numbers, which makes it a more serene beach vacation. ... which also add biomass to the reef system. If going below the surface isn’t ...
The reef system is also part of the Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park. Tumba del Caracol, Punta Sur. The Celarain lighthouse (Faro de Celarain) sits on the Punta Sur promontory (Punta Celarain) and is part of a nautical museum. Just northeast of it is the Caracol (Tumba del Caracol), a Maya building erected during the post-classic period ...
Isla Contoy is a small island in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, approximately 30 kilometers north of Isla Mujeres. [2] [3] The island is only 8.5 km (5.3 mi) in length and has an area of 3.17 square kilometres (1.22 sq mi). Since 1961, Isla Contoy is protected by the Mexican government and was declared a national park in February
Annabelle Carlson, 15, was on a diving trip to the Lighthouse Reef near Half Moon Cay in the Gulf of Honduras with her family and a tour group when she hopped off the boat into the water and was ...