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A cenote (English: / s ɪ ˈ n oʊ t i / or / s ɛ ˈ n oʊ t eɪ /; Latin American Spanish:) is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting when a collapse of limestone bedrock exposes groundwater. The term originated on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where the ancient Maya commonly used cenotes for water supplies, and occasionally for ...
One of the most impressive of these is the Sacred Cenote, which is 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter [5] and surrounded by sheer cliffs that drop to the water table some 27 metres (89 ft) below. According to sources, the Sacred Cenote was a place of pilgrimage for ancient Maya people who would conduct sacrifices into it. [ 5 ]
Bones and pieces of jewelry have been found in the waters of the cenote by archaeologists and speleologists. [3] The cenote is part of a complex that includes a restaurant and hotel. [3] Ik Kil was a location on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2010, 2011 and 2014. [4] [5] Stairs to access
A country found in the Middle English romance King Horn. Xibalba: The underworld in Mayan mythology. Yomi: The land of the dead according to Shinto mythology, as related in the Kojiki. Yomotsu Hirasaka: A slope or boundary between this world, where the living live, and the other world, where the dead live . Zabag
Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed in 1946; Te Wairoa – "The Buried Village", a Maori village buried by volcanic eruption in 1886; Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement; Huriawa Peninsula - Te Pa a Te Wera, Reserve, and archeological sites
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Considered one of the largest sinkholes (dolinas) in the world; Gruta do Centenário – a cave located in Mariana, Minas Gerais, the largest and deepest quartzite cave in the world, and second in the country in terms of unevenness; Lapa Terra Ronca – a dolomitic limestone cave inside the area of the Terra Ronca State Park in Goiás.
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