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Caves in Mexico
Mexico has 25 caves on Detourmap — caves, caverns, grottoes and the karst underground. The best known is Cave of the Crystals. All of them are below.
- Caves
- 25
- Of nature
- 25 of 174
- Little known
- 15 of 25
- Oldest
- Guilá Naquitz Cave 10750 BC
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4.Sacred Cenote
Nature · Notable
Water-filled sinkhole at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza,
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9.Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
Park in Mexico featuring cave systems and underground rivers
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12.Guilá Naquitz Cave
Nature · 108th century BC · Hidden gem
Site of early domestication of several food crops in Oaxaca, Mexico
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19.Choo-Ha
Nature · Hidden gem
Small cenote close to the Mayan site of Cobá in central Yucatán Peninsula
Questions about this page
How many caves are there in Mexico?
25 on this map, out of 174 nature & landscapes in Mexico. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known cave in Mexico?
Cave of the Crystals. Cave in Mexico.
Which caves in Mexico are the least visited?
15 of the 25 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
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