What is Yucatán Peninsula?
[[Image:Yucatan peninsula 250m.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Yucatán peninsula as seen from space]] The '''Yucatán Peninsula''' is a peninsula in North America. It separates the [[Caribbean Sea]] from the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The [[peninsula]] is east of the [[Isthmus of Tehuantepec]], a northwestern [[geography|geographic]] divider, separating [[Central America]] from the rest of [[North America]]. Before the [[conquistador]]<nowiki/>es came, the peninsula was the home of the [[Mayan civilization]]. The peninsula includes the [[Mexico|Mexican states]] of [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]], [[Campeche]], and [[Quintana Roo]]; the northern part of [[Belize]]; and [[Guatemala]]'s northern [[Departments of Guatemala|department]] of [[El Petén]]. Mexican states on the isthmus to the south and west of the peninsula include [[Chiapas]] and [[Tabasco (state)|Tabasco]]. The [[Chicxulub crater]] is on the north coast. It is believed to be made by the impact that led to the [[K/T extinction event|extinction of the dinosaurs]]. {{Regions of North America}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Peninsulas of North America]] [[Category:Geography of Belize]] [[Category:Geography of Guatemala]] [[Category:Geography of Mexico]] {{multistub|geo|North-America}}