Chicxulub

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Chicxulub ( Mayathan Ch'ik Xulub , pronunciation : [ tʃikʃuˈlub ], ch'ik "flea, tick", xulub ' "devil, demon, horn") stands for:

  • Chicxulub Crater , impact crater in the Yucatán area, the formation of which by asteroid impact 66 million years ago probably triggered a mass extinction and the disappearance of the dinosaurs
  • Chicxulub Puerto , village in Mexico (Municipio Progreso, State of Yucatán), 8 km east of Progreso de Castro, center of the Chicxulub crater
  • Municipio Chicxulub Pueblo , a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán
  • Chicxulub Pueblo , village in Mexico (Municipio Chicxulub Pueblo, State of Yucatán), administrative seat of the municipality of the same name