# Ik Kil

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{{Short description|Cenote in Yucatan, Mexico}}
thumb|upright=1.35|The cenote at Ik Kil
'''Ik Kil''' is a [cenote](/source/cenote) outside [Pisté](/source/Pist%C3%A9%2C_Yucat%C3%A1n) in the Tinúm Municipality, [Yucatán](/source/Yucat%C3%A1n_(state)), [Mexico](/source/Mexico). It is located in the northern center of the [Yucatán Peninsula](/source/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula) and is part of the '''Ik Kil Archeological Park''' near [Chichen Itza](/source/Chichen_Itza).  It is open to the public for swimming.

==Description==
[[File:Cenote en Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, México.jpg|thumb|Looking down into the [cenote](/source/cenote)]]
The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about {{convert|26|m|ft}} below ground level.  It is about {{convert|60|m|ft}} in diameter and about {{convert|48|m|ft|abbr=}} deep.<ref name="yucatantoday">{{cite web |title=Cenotes, Underwater Sinkholes |url=https://yucatantoday.com/en/blog/cenotes-underwater-sinkholes |publisher=Yucatan Today |date=15 May 2022 |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> A carved stairway leads down to a swimming platform.

Cenote Ik Kil is near the Maya<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cities in Mexico and Brief History |url=https://latamliving.com/latam/cities-in-mexico-and-brief-history/#maya-vs-mayan |website=Latam Living}}</ref> ruins of [Chichen Itza](/source/Chichen_Itza), on the highway to [Valladolid](/source/Valladolid%2C_Yucat%C3%A1n). Ik Kil was considered sacred by the Maya who used the site as a location for human sacrifice to their rain god, [Chaac](/source/Chaac). Bones and pieces of jewelry have been found in the waters of the cenote by archaeologists and speleologists.<ref name="Cenotes of Mexico">
{{cite web |url=https://cenotesmexico.org/cenote-ik-kil/ |title=Cenote Ik-Kil |publisher=Cenotes of Mexico |access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

The cenote is part of a complex that includes a restaurant and hotel with free food and drinks.<ref name="Cenotes of Mexico" /> Ik Kil was a location on the [Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series](/source/Red_Bull_Cliff_Diving_World_Series) in 2010, 2011 and 2014.<ref name="behind">{{cite web|title=Red Bull Cliff Diving, Cenote Ik Kil|url=http://www.behindmagazine.com/contents/?p=22672|accessdate=14 May 2011|work=12 April 2011|publisher=Behind Magazine|archive-date=24 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324022239/http://www.behindmagazine.com/contents/?p=22672|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="redbullcliffdiving">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Diving Into Deepest Mexico|url=http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/en_US/video/diving-deepest-mexico|accessdate=16 March 2015|website=|publisher=Red Bull Cliff Diving}}</ref>
thumb|upright|Stairs to access

== See also ==
* [List of sinkholes of Mexico](/source/List_of_sinkholes)

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100606195426/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100604-sinkhole-pictures-around-the-world-guatemala-city/#/sinkholes-holes-ground-swimming_21290_600x450.jpg National Geographic]
*[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico/yucatan-peninsula/chichen-itza/sights/lake/ik-kil-parque Lonely Planet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621050139/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico/yucatan-peninsula/chichen-itza/sights/lake/ik-kil-parque |date=2013-06-21 }}

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Category:Natural history of Yucatán
Category:Sinkholes of Mexico
Category:Museums in Yucatán
Category:Sacred waters

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