Cenotes are surface connections to subterranean water bodies. While the best-known cenotes are large open-water pools measuring tens of meters in diameter, such as those at Chichen Itza in Mexico, … See more

Flora and fauna are generally scarcer than in the open ocean; however, marine animals do thrive in caves. In caverns, one can spot See more

In 2001–2002 expeditions led by Arturo H. González and Carmen Rojas Sandoval in the Yucatán discovered three human skeletons; one of them, Eve of Naharon, was See more

Australia
• Ewens Ponds, near Mount Gambier, South Australia
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Cenotes are formed by the dissolution of rock and the resulting subsurface void, which may or may not be linked to an active See more

Although cenotes are found widely throughout much of the Yucatán Peninsula, a higher-density circular alignment of cenotes overlies the measured rim of the See more

Cenotes have attracted cavern and cave divers, and there are organized efforts to explore and map these underwater systems. They are … See more