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Yucatán Peninsula
peninsula, Central America
Also known as: Península de Yucatán
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- Spanish:
- Península de Yucatán
Yucatán Peninsula, a northeastern projection of Central America, lying between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and north and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Encompassing some 76,300 square miles (197,600 square km), it includes the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán and, in the south, large parts of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula has a mean breadth of about 200 miles (320 km) and a coastline of about 700 miles (1,100 km). The coast on the north and west is low, sandy, and semibarren. There are a number of openings through the outer bank upon which ...(100 of 936 words)