Chinchorro Bank - Banco Chinchorro Atoll Reef

Chinchorro Bank, the second-largest atoll reef in the World

Chinchorro Bank is located 19 miles off the coast of southern Quintana Roo. Separated from the mainland Yucatan by a channel three thousand feet deep. The Chinchorro system is an atoll with four small keys, formed by 500 sq miles of coral.  The bank is 29 miles long and 10.5 miles wide. Its outer perimeter is a …

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