The chicxulub crater ( ipa: [t͡ʃikʃuˈluɓ] ⓘ cheek shoo loob) is an impact crater buried underneath the yucatán peninsula in mexico. its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of chicxulub pueblo (not the larger coastal town of chicxulub puerto ). [ 3]. The chicxulub crater has been nominated for recognition as a unesco world heritage site (credit: reinhard dirscherl alamy) chicxulub puerto, mexico, is the centre of the impact crater that.
The chicxulub crater, named after the village that lies near its center, spans over 93 miles wide and 12 miles deep, with about half of it resting below the gulf of mexico. some 65 million years. The immense chicxulub crater is a remnant of one of the most consequential days in the history of life on earth. the asteroid strike triggered the cretaceous paleogene, or k pg, mass extinction. The chicxulub structure formed by an asteroid impact on the yucatán carbonate platform in the southern gulf of mexico was first identified in the pemex exploration surveys and drilling programmes. The chicxulub crater is located in the northern part of the yucatan peninsula, with about half of the (underground) rim on land and the other half underwater in the gulf of mexico. the asteroid itself was estimated to be 6.2 miles wide, but the impact it left was monumental—a whopping 110 miles in diameter. yucatan’s capital city, merida.
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