Chicxulub Puerto in Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico — The Southeast (Yucatan Peninsula)
Chicxulub Asteroid Impact
Photographed By James Kuklinski, February 1, 2019
1. Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Marker
Chicxulub Impacto de Asteroide
Hace 65 millones de años un enorme asteroide 10 km diámetro impacto en este lugar, ocacionando un cataclismo mundial, acabando con el 60% de los seres vivientes estelarmente los dinosaurios dando lugar al surgimiento de los mamíferos. Daba iniciar la historia de la humanidad.
Chicxulub Asteroid Impact
65 million years ago a huge asteroid 10 km in diameter impacted here in this place, causing a worldwide cataclysm, destroying 60% of the living beings on the planet. This event most famously eliminated the dinosaurs and prepared the way for the emergence of mammals. This was the beginning of the history of humanity.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Science & Medicine.
Location. 21° 17.659′ N, 89° 36.432′ W. Marker is in Chicxulub Puerto, Yucatán, in Progreso. Marker is on Calle 20 just north of Calle 21, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chicxulub Puerto YU 97330, Mexico. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 23
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Also see . . . Chicxulub crater. "The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named. It was formed by a large asteroid or comet about 11 to 81 kilometers (6.8 to 50.3 miles) in diameter, the Chicxulub impactor, striking the Earth. The date of the impact coincides precisely with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, slightly less than 66 million years ago, and a widely accepted theory is that worldwide climate disruption from the event was the cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a mass extinction in which 75% of plant and animal species on Earth became extinct, including all non-avian dinosaurs. (Submitted on March 3, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)
Photographed By James Kuklinski, February 1, 2019
2. Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Marker
The marker is at the base of a modest piece of concrete artwork depicting the skeletons of various dinosaurs.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 597 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 3, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
