Look up cenote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cenote (English: /sɪˈnoʊti/ or /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/; Latin American Spanish: [seˈnote]) is a natural pit,...
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The Sacred Cenote (Spanish: cenote sagrado, Latin American Spanish: [ˌsenote saˈɣɾaðo], "sacred well"; alternatively known as the "Well of Sacrifice")...
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Chan Hol, part of the Toh ha cave system, is a cenote and submerged cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico, of interest to paleoanthropologists. The remains...
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Chichen Itza (section Sacred Cenote)
called cenotes, that could have provided plentiful water year round at Chichen, making it attractive for settlement. Of these cenotes, the "Cenote Sagrado"...
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municipality has 588 named communities, of which the most important are: Chan Cenote Colonia Yucatán Dzonot Carretero El Cuyo (small port located on the northeast...
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A large number of cenotes are located in the Tulum area such as Maya Blue, Naharon, Temple of Doom, Tortuga, Vacaha, Grand Cenote, Abejas, Nohoch Kiin...
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an unconfined flat lying karst landscape. Sinkholes, known locally as cenotes, are widespread in the northern lowlands. According to the Alvarez hypothesis...
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Tunkás, the colonial-era church Municipal Palace Cenote Chan Cenote Chan Lukun X’azul Cenote Mumundzonot Cenote X’tekdzonot "Gobiernos: Presidentes Municipales"...
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Sistema Sac Actun (redirect from Grand Cenote)
the Americas have been found in the cave. Exploration started from Gran Cenote 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Tulum. The whole of the explored cave system...
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honor of San Buenaventura. Cenote Balmil Santa Maria Cave & Cenote Santa Rosa Cenote Tza Ujun Kat Cenote Yaxbakaltun Cenote Yalahau Lagoon Kampepen Sión...
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Assumption, built in the sixteenth century Cenote Aktun Cenote Chan mú ul Cenote Chan Pich Cenote Chay Cenote Chichimilá "Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish)...
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[citation needed] The capital, Noh Kah Balam Nah Chan Santa Cruz, was founded in about 1850 near a sacred cenote, a natural well providing a year-round source...
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celebration for its patron saint, San Diego. Cenote Chankom Cenote Kochila Cenote Muchucuxca Cenote Nicte-Ha Cenote Santa María Archaeological site Cosil Archaeological...
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Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres)...
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Pedro, built in the seventeenth century Cenote Chan Dzitnup Cenote Chikindzonot Cenote El Cabo Cenote Naranja Cenote Yaaxdzonot Archaeological site Bolmay...
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US for scuba diving and training. The Blue Hole is an artesian well and cenote that was once used as a fish hatchery. The Blue Hole is a clear blue body...
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characterized before. Free floating grass islands in the cenote Zacaton (2010). One of the many smaller cenotes, or sinkholes, in the Zacatón system the near Aldama...
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Chandler, Gary (March 10, 2014). "Tulum Beaches and Cenotes". Moon Guides. Retrieved December 24, 2017. "Cenotes". Afar. Retrieved December 24, 2017. Schlesinger...
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prehistoric human remains have been found within the subsystem. The Jailhouse cenote, or Las Palmas, is the entrance to the locations of the Muknal and Las Palmas...
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At the Sacred Cenote in Chichen Itza, people were hurled into the cenote during times of drought, famine or disease. The Sacred Cenote is a naturally...
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Belize and in the Yucatán Peninsula, where they are known as cenotes. Unlike the mainland cenotes which often link to underwater cave systems, there is little...
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(51 mi) and there are 28 known sinkhole entrances, which are locally called cenotes. In January 2018, a connection was found between Sistema Dos Ojos and Sistema...
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archaeological catalog of cenotes and caves in Quintana Roo. Later, the project grew to an archeological atlas that included all of the known cenotes in the Yucatan...
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Blue hole Blue Hole (Red Sea) Great Blue Hole Blue Hole (Guam) Boesmansgat Cenote Dzibilchaltun Chinhoyi Caves Cocklebiddy, Western Australia Devil's Throat...
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for rain and crops was also the purpose of 16th-century rituals at the cenotes, of Yucatán. [citation needed] The rain deity is a patron of agriculture...
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Her bones were part of a 2007 discovery of a cache of animal bones in a cenote called Hoyo Negro (Spanish for "Black Hole") in the Sistema Sac Actun. At...
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stone-and-rubble fill. The other major feature of Dzibilchaltún is its cenote, Cenote Xlakah, located around the center of the city's ruins. It is thought...
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fed via a coastal spring in a cenote with a variety of names, including Cenote Manati, Cenote Tankah, and Casa Cenote after a nearby restaurant. The...
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Blue hole Blue Hole (Red Sea) Great Blue Hole Blue Hole (Guam) Boesmansgat Cenote Dzibilchaltun Chinhoyi Caves Cocklebiddy, Western Australia Devil's Throat...
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(Spanish: Cueva de los Peces), with 72 metres (236 ft) depth the deepest cenote of Cuba, is located at 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Playa Larga. Surrounding...
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