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Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico Chichén Itzá: Cenote of Sacrifice Cancún: beaches Map highlighting the Yucatan Peninsula in bright orange, located in southeastern Mexico and extending into parts of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, with surrounding countries and major bodies of water labeled for geographic context. Chichén Itzá: Mayan pyramid
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Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico The House of Turtles (foreground), the Pyramid of the Magician (right), and the Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico.

Yucatán Peninsula

peninsula, Central America
Also known as: Península de Yucatán
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Yucatán Peninsula, a northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Encompassing some 76,300 square miles (197,600 square km), it includes the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán and, in the south, large parts of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula has a mean breadth of about 200 miles (320 km) and a coastline of about 700 miles (1,100...

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