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Natural PlacesSite Name: Hoyo Negro Cenote Alternative Name: Black Hole SinkholeCountry: Mexico Region: Quintana Roo Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Tulum
Latitude: 20.246000N Longitude: 87.464W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cave in Quintana Roo. A sinkhole within the Sistema Sac Actun (White Cave) cave system. In 2011 the PET (Projecto Espeleológico de Tulum) team of exploratory divers discovered the remains of prehistoric animals and humans.
The pit is approximately 200 feet [60 meters] deep and 120 feet [36 meters] in diameter. However, the pit is over 4000 feet within the flooded cave system from any surface opening.
Approximately 12,000 years ago (end of the Pleistocene) the melting of the ice caps caused a dramatic rise in global sea levels, which flooded low lying coastal landscapes and cave systems. Before this flooding ancient animals (cave bears, giant sloths) and early Americans would have seen Hoyo Negro as a waterhole within a cavern.
Note: Location given is for the Grand Cenote, the large original surface sinkhole opening from which the Sac Actun system was explored. Its is not the surface location above Hoyo Negro. Because of the interconnection of cave systems, Hoyo Negro has also been described as part of the Actun Hu cave system.
Note: Young girl's skeleton found in an underwater cave reveals Native American origins. Details in the comment on our page.
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