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Chicxulub Puerto (Spanish: [tʃikʃuˈlub ˈpweɾto] ⓘ) is a small coastal town in Progreso Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located on the Gulf of Mexico , in the northwestern region of the state about 8 km (5 mi) east of the city port of Progreso , the municipality seat, and 42 km (26 mi) north of the city of Mérida ...
Puerto Peñasco (O'odham: Geʼe Ṣuidagĭ [2]) is a small city located in Puerto Peñasco Municipality in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora, 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the border with the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 62,689 inhabitants. [3]
Chicxulub Pueblo Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (196.72 km 2) of land and located roughly 25 km north of the city of Mérida. [2] The area is directly onshore of the epicenter of the Chicxulub crater .
Chicxulub Pueblo (Mayan pronunciation: [tʃʼikʃuluɓ] Ch’ik Xulub) is a town, and surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. At the census of 2010, the town had a population of 4,080 people. The center of the Chicxulub Impact Crater (approx 21°20'N 89°30'W) is off the Yucatan coast, near Chicxulub Puerto
Puerto Peñasco is a municipality in the state of Sonora in north-western Mexico. [2] As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 62,177 inhabitants. [ 1 ] The only locality with a significant population is the municipal seat, also named Puerto Peñasco , which contains almost 99% of the municipality's population.
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The Chicxulub crater (Spanish: [t͡ʃikʃuˈlub] ⓘ cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo (not the larger coastal town of Chicxulub Puerto). [3]
Yaxcopoil was the site of the borehole Yaxcopoil-1, [2] drilled in 2001 and 2002 by the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP). [3] A multinational research team drilled to a depth of 1511 meters [4] to research the impact and implications of the meteor which struck the earth on the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago and created the Chicxulub crater.