Its namesake state's capital is Merida, northwest of the state of Quintana Roo.
Its namesake state's capital is Merida, northwest of the state of Quintana Roo. To its west is the Bay of Campeche, the island of Cozumel lies near its eastern shore, and the Chicxulub (chick-shoo-loob) (*) Crater off its northwest coast is hypothesized to be the landing spot of the impact that caused the K-T Extinction. Home to Cancun, name this Mexican peninsula that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea.
Its namesake state's capital is Merida, northwest of the state of Quintana Roo.
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