Central America
Guatemala
Petén Department

Naj Tunich

Naj Tunich is a series of pre-Columbian era natural outside the village of La Compuerta, roughly 35 km east of in Guatemala. The site was a Maya ritual pilgrimage site during the Classic period.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Naj Tunich Cave”

Naj Tunich

Latitude
16.26147° or 16° 15′ 41″ north
Longitude
-89.26438° or 89° 15′ 52″ west
Open location code
768G7P6P+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 571898904
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q2985049
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Naj Tunich” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ناج تونيش”
  • Belarusian: “Нах-Туніч”
  • Catalan: “Naj Tunich”
  • Chinese: “納·圖尼奇”
  • Chinese: “納赫·圖尼奇”
  • Dutch: “Naj Tunich”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناج تونيش”
  • French: “Naj Tunich”
  • Hungarian: “Naj Tunich”
  • Italian: “Naj Tunich”
  • Japanese: “ナフ・トゥニッチ”
  • Portuguese: “Naj Tunich”
  • Russian: “Нах-Тунич”
  • Spanish: “Naj Tunich”
  • Swedish: “Naj Tunich”
  • Ukrainian: “Нах-Туніч”

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