Ik Kil is a cenote outside Pisté in the Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula and is part of the Ik Kil Archeological Park near Chichen Itza. It is open to the public for swimming.
Description
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The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about 26 metres (85 ft) below ground level. It is about 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter and about 48 metres (157 ft) deep.[1] A carved stairway leads down to a swimming platform.
Cenote Ik Kil is near the Maya[2] ruins of Chichen Itza, on the highway to Valladolid. Ik Kil was considered sacred by the Maya who used the site as a location for human sacrifice to their rain god, Chaac. Bones and pieces of jewelry have been found in the waters of the cenote by archaeologists and speleologists.[3]
The cenote is part of a complex that includes a restaurant and hotel.[3] Ik Kil was a location on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2010, 2011 and 2014.[4][5]
See also
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edit- ^ "Cenotes, Underwater Sinkholes". Yucatan Today. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Cities in Mexico and Brief History". Latam Living.
- ^ a b "Cenote Ik-Kil". Cenotes of Mexico. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Red Bull Cliff Diving, Cenote Ik Kil". 12 April 2011. Behind Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Diving Into Deepest Mexico". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
External links
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- National Geographic
- Lonely Planet Archived 2013-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
