Ik Kil
Encyclopedia
Ik Kil is a well known cenote
outside Pisté
in the Municipality of Tinúm, Yucatán
, Mexico
, It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula
and is part of the Ik Kil Archeological Park near Chichen Itza
. It is open to the public for swimming and is often included in bus tours.
The cenote is part of a larger complex of a restaurant, store, changing rooms, and cottages for rent. There is also a Mayan ruin on the site.
won the Jun 2010 competition with a triple quad dive. Orlando Duque won the 10 April 2011 competition by diving 27.25 metres (89.4 ft) from a platform above the cenote.
Cenote
A cenote is a deep natural pit, or sinkhole, characteristic of Mexico and Central America, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath...
outside Pisté
Pisté, Yucatán
Pisté is a village in the municipality of Tinum in the center of the Yucatán state, Mexico. It is best known for the Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza and the cenote Ik Kil. Federal Highway 180 connects Pisté to Valladolid, about away, and Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, about away. ...
in the Municipality of Tinúm, Yucatán
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula
Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel...
and is part of the Ik Kil Archeological Park near Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Municipality of Tinúm, Yucatán state, present-day Mexico....
. It is open to the public for swimming and is often included in bus tours.
Description
The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about 26 metres (85.3 ft) below ground level. There is a carved stairway down to a swimming platform. The cenote is about 60 metres (196.9 ft) in diameter and about 40 metres (131.2 ft) deep. There are vines which reach from the opening all the way down to the water along with small waterfalls. There are black catfish which swim in the cenote.The cenote is part of a larger complex of a restaurant, store, changing rooms, and cottages for rent. There is also a Mayan ruin on the site.
Red Bull Diving Competition
Ik Kil was a stop on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2010 and 2011. Gary HuntGary Hunt
Gary Hunt is a former Olympic hopeful and Commonwealth diver who has a number of medals at Great Britain National Diving championships and placed 3rd in the 10m Synchro event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games...
won the Jun 2010 competition with a triple quad dive. Orlando Duque won the 10 April 2011 competition by diving 27.25 metres (89.4 ft) from a platform above the cenote.
