seasub Posted February 4, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Progreso is about 20 miles{ 27 minutes } from the center { Chicxulub Yucatan } of the largest visible meteor/asteroid impact on Earth. 65 million years ago the meteor/asteroid killed off dinosaurs and created most of the cenotes in Yucatcan, some of which are part of near perfect ring/circle shape in Western Yucatan. Just Google Expdedition to Chicxulib Impact Crater to see images and more info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maldenmusic Posted March 5, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 5, 2019 This has always fascinated me every time we go to Progreso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisRiver Posted March 6, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 6, 2019 We winter in Chicxulub Puerto near Progreso. While it is an interesting place, there is almost no surface evidence of the impact crater. Evidence of the crater was found in oil explorations of the 1950's and can be seen in satellite pictures. Chicxulub Puerto has a small central square, and in past years I have met cruisers looking for directions to the impact crater. The Yucatan is wonderful place, and the meteor helped to shape the geography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maldenmusic Posted April 11, 2019 #4 Share Posted April 11, 2019 On 3/6/2019 at 8:43 AM, WisRiver said: We winter in Chicxulub Puerto near Progreso. While it is an interesting place, there is almost no surface evidence of the impact crater. Evidence of the crater was found in oil explorations of the 1950's and can be seen in satellite pictures. Chicxulub Puerto has a small central square, and in past years I have met cruisers looking for directions to the impact crater. The Yucatan is wonderful place, and the meteor helped to shape the geography. Great info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purvis1231 Posted May 27, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 27, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39922998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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