Chicxulub crater. Map showing the location of the Chicxulub impact crater (center) on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. This impact may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and 70% of all Earth's species 65 million years ago. The four red dots represent the cities of (from left to right): Mexico City, Tempico (where material ejected from the crater has been found), Havana and Miami.


Chicxulub Crater, Map


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