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Map of the northern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico highlighting the location and circular outline of the Chicxulub crater, which is about 180 kilometers in diameter and partly extends into the Gulf of Mexico. The map also shows nearby cities such as Merida, Cancun, Campeche, and Playa del Carmen, as well as international borders with Belize and Guatemala. An inset globe marks the region's location in the Americas. Chicxulub impact crater
Illustration showing a massive asteroid above a city map with a dinosaur silhouette for scale, highlighting the asteroid's size compared to major urban areas.
The Chicxulub asteroid Chicxulub crater
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How Big Was the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs?
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Map of Chicxulub crater on the Yucatán Peninsula
A detailed map highlighting the location and 180 km diameter of the Chicxulub impact...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Chicxulub impact crater
A computer-generated gravity map showing the immense Chicxulub crater, which resulted...
NASA
The Chicxulub asteroid
An artist's rendering of the impact of a near-Earth object 66 million years ago in...
NASA; illustration by Don Davis
Chicxulub crater
The Chicxulub crater at the northwestern point of the Yucatán Peninsula was formed...
NASA/JPL
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