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Glossary: cenote

A water-filled limestone sinkhole.

The term is normally used to refer to such features located specifically in the Yucatán Peninsula, southeastern Mexico.

‘Grand’ cenote at Tulum, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico © Anjči

‘Sacred’ cenote at Chichen Itza, Yucatán Peninsula © Emil Kehnel