Worth knowing
Mexico
The Chicxulub crater is about 180 km wide and lies buried on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, its centre under the sea. The asteroid that made it struck 66 million years ago.
Where its story happens
The Chicxulub crater, at 21.30°N, 89.60°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Mexico
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Mexico, directly south of the United States. See Mexico on a map.
- The Day of the Dead and the pyramid of Chichén Itzá both belong to it.
- Its capital was built on a drained lake, and parts of the city sink by tens of centimetres a year.
- Corn was first farmed here, some 9,000 to 10,000 years ago.
- The asteroid that ended the age of the dinosaurs struck this country's coast.