Mucnal Tunich
Mucnal Tunich is an archaeological site in Cayo, Belize. Mucnal Tunich is situated nearby to the town Benque Viejo del Carmen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arenal.
Arenal
Residential area
Arenal is a village in the Cayo District of central interior Belize. It is part of the Cayo West constituency. The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. Arenal is situated 2 miles west of Mucnal Tunich.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benque Viejo del Carmen and Melchor de Mencos.
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Town
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Benque Viejo del Carmen is the westernmost town in Belize, 130 km by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border. Benque Viejo del Carmen is situated 4 miles north of Mucnal Tunich.
Melchor de Mencos
Photo: Rudy Canales, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melchor de Mencos is in Guatemala on the border with Belize and is usually a place that most travelers merely pass through, but it does have some stelae and zoomorphs in a square not far away.
Mucnal Tunich
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.01667° or 17° 1′ northLongitude
-89.11667° or 89° 7′ westElevation
1,381 feet (421 metres)Open location code
769G2V8M+M8GeoNames ID
3581613
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