Yucatán Peninsula
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The Yucatán Peninsula is a large peninsula in southeast Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north an
Satellite image of the Yucatán Peninsula
Artistic impression of the asteroid slamming into tropical, shallow seas of the sulfur-rich Yucatán Peninsula in what is today Southeast Mexico. The aftermath of this immense asteroid collision, which occurred approximately 66 million years ago, is believed to have caused the mass extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and many other species on Earth. The impact spewed hundreds of billions of tons of sulfur into the atmosphere, producing a worldwide blackout and freezing temperatures that persisted for at least a decade.
El Castillo, at Chichen Itza
Sediment off the Yucatán Peninsula
Tulum
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Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12-meter-tall cliffs along the east coast
Temple of the God of Wind (left) and Castillo (right)
Tulum Ruins
Main temple at Tulum, lithograph in 1844 by Frederick Catherwood.
View to the top of El Castillo