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Xcaret (Mayan pronunciation:) is a Maya civilization archaeological site located on the Caribbean coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. The site was occupied by the pre-Columbian Maya and functioned as a port for navigation and an important Maya trading center .
Xcaret pond Mayan ruins in Xcaret [3] Xcaret Mexico Spectacular [4]. The Ecological Park is built in the same area as the archaeological site and has the same name, Xcaret. The land was originally purchased by a group of Mexican entrepreneurs, led by architect Miguel Quintana Pali. 5 hectares of the land was purchased in 1984.
Sistema Ox Bel Ha (Spanish: sistema, lit. 'system', Yucatec Maya: ox bel ha, lit. 'Three Paths of Water'; short Ox Bel Ha) is a cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico.It is the longest explored underwater cave in the world [2] and ranks second including dry caves.
The aquarium has a 70 m (230 ft) long and 6.5 m (21 ft) deep underwater walk-through tunnel, which was the first of its kind in India. [2] [3] [8] It was constructed by Turkish firm Polin aquariums using acrylic glass imported from Germany. [1] [7] There is an underwater mermaid show operational in the aquarium since 2019. [5]
Sistema Sac Actun (Yucatec Maya: sak aktun, lit. 'white cave', Spanish: sistema, lit. 'system') is an underwater cave system situated along the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula with passages to the north and west of the city of Tulum.
The smaller Dos Ojos became a part of Sac Actun, making the Sistema Sac Actun the longest known underwater cave system in the world. [2] Dos Ojos lies north of the rest of the Sac Actun cave system. As a separate system, Dos Ojos remained in the top ten, if not the top three, longest underwater cave systems in the world since the late 1980s. [3]
The use of bathymetry and the development of bathymetric charts dates back around the 19th century BC to ancient Egypt.Depictions on tomb walls such as the bas-relief carvings of Deir al-Bahri commissioned by Queen Hatshepsut in the 16th century BC show ancient mariners using long slender poles as sounding poles to determine the depth of the Nile River and into the Nile River Delta.
Nav finder and underwater compass – basic underwater navigation tools Suunto SK-7 diving compass in aftermarket wrist mount with bungee straps. Diver navigation, termed "underwater navigation" by scuba divers, [1] is a set of techniques—including observing natural features, the use of a compass, and surface observations—that divers use to navigate underwater.