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Chikindzonot Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “cenote in the west”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (352.56 km 2) of land and located roughly 170 km southeast of the city of Mérida. [2]
Archway of the Temple of the 7 Doll Ruins of the colonial open chapel Cenote at Dzibilchaltun. Dzibilchaltún (Yucatec: Ts'íibil Cháaltun, [d̥z̥ʼiː˧˥biɭ tɕʰɒːl˦˥tuŋ]) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of state capital of Mérida.
The Hacienda San Nicolás Dzoyaxché is built in a colonial style. One of its unique features is that the house is built over the Cenote Dzonot-Ich. [8] The 500 mm (19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) narrow gauge [9] horse-drawn tram, powerhouse, and machines are relics of the former use of the hacienda for henequen production. [3] [8]
A team of California researchers surveying satellite images found a cenote ring centered on the town of Chicxulub Pueblo that matched the one Penfield saw earlier; the cenotes were thought to be caused by subsidence of bolide-weakened lithostratigraphy around the impact crater wall. [18]
The Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza, Mexico. Cenotes are surface connections to subterranean water bodies. [5] While the best-known cenotes are large open-water pools measuring tens of meters in diameter, such as those at Chichen Itza in Mexico, the greatest number of cenotes are smaller sheltered sites and do not necessarily have any surface exposed water.
Cenotillo Municipality (Spanish: "little cenote") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (614.43 km 2) of land and is located roughly 115 kilometres (71 mi) east of the city of Mérida. [2]
Looking down into the cenote. The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about 26 metres (85 ft) below ground level. It is about 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter and about 48 metres (157 ft) deep. [1] A carved stairway leads down to a swimming platform. Cenote Ik Kil is near the Maya [2] ruins of Chichen Itza, on the highway to Valladolid.