Yucatán Peninsula
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| Locations | North America |
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| Adjacent bodies of water | Caribbean Sea |
| Yucatán Channel | |
| Gulf of Honduras | |
| Did you know | After a short civil war, the lords of various powerful cities and families met to restore a central government to Yucatán. |
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| ID | 729697 |
About Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, encompassing 3 Mexican states, plus portions of Belize and Guatemala. On the Caribbean, Mexico's Riviera Maya resort strip is bookended by 2 popular destinations: Cancún, with its high-rise hotels and nightlife, and, down the coast, quieter Tulum, a rare seaside example of the Mayan ruins found throughout the peninsula's interior.
Underwater photographer of the year
... Zena Holloway won the Black and White category with a picture of the Brazilian free-divers and conservationists Flavia Eberhard in Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula...
The day the dinosaurs' world fell apart
... Today, this 200km-wide structure is positioned under Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula, with its best preserved central portions sitting just offshore of the port of Chicxulub...
Underwater photographer of the year
underwater photographer of the year celebrates the photography below The Surface of the oceans, lakes and rivers.
More Than 5,500 underwater images of 13 categories of underwater photographers from over 70 countries around The World were entered.
Greg Lecoeur won underwater photographer of the year 2020 with the Frozen Mobile Home, shows seals around an iceberg in the Antarctic. Anita Kainrath, Austria, won the Up & Coming underwater photographer of the year with the Shark Nursery show, baby lemon sharks in a mangrove in The Bahamas . Italian Pasquale Vassallo won the Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year with the Last of the twilight, Last Gasp , shows a tuna fish as it is pulled up to a boat off the coast of Naples. Nick and More, from Devon, won The British underwater photographer of the year with Habitat Zoom Blur, included in Indonesia. Only Tucker, of Wimbledon, won The Most Promising British underwater photographer, with the agitation in the sea, a panoramic photo of a seahorse. Zena Holloway won The Black and White category with a picture of the Brazilian free-divers and conservationists Flavia Eberhard in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula . Renee Capozzola won The Wreck of the category with a split-shot from Georgios ship wreck, in Saudi Arabia . The Ship ran aground in the years 1978 and now serves as an artificial reef. Keigo Kawamura won the Macro category with an image of unicorn-shrimp in Japan. Trevor Rees won The British waters Wide Angle category with a picture of a fireworks anemone at the top of the hole Dutch, in Shetland. Shane Keena won the category conservation with A Shot of a hermit crab on Peleliu island with a discarded can as a temporary home.nature, scuba diving, photography
Source of news: bbc.com
