chicxulub crater yucatan peninsula
Chicxulub is most famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater, an impact crater discovered by geologists on the YucatÃ¡n Peninsula and extending into the ocean. It was created by the impact some 65 million years ago of the Chicxulub impactor, an asteroid or comet which caused the CretaceousâPaleogene extinction event, which led to the demise of the dinosaurs.