SISTEMA PALOMITA
'Little Dove'
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| Region | |
| Location | Chemuyil |
| GPS Position | |
| Land Owner | Don Edwardo Romano, Caretaker is Joaquin |
| Dive Site Fee | YES |
| Maximum Depth | 32 feet/10 meters |
| Average Depth | 15 feet/4.5 meters |
| Distance Explored / Surveyed | 5940 feet/1800 meters |
| First Explorers | Steve Gerrard and Kate Lewis - April, 1998 |
| Other Explorers | FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE SPELEOGIE - Philippe Brunet, Frederic Bonacosso, Pierre Boudinet, Philipe Cabrejos, Gilles Carmine, Bruno Delprat, Christain Depin, Anne Dutheillet, Bernard Glon, Philippe, Imbert, Joao Neves, Bojana Ostovijc, Ricardo, Marco Rotzinger, Manual Soares, Christain Thomas and Evgeni Voidakov |
| Upstream | YES |
| Downstream | YES |
| Cavern Dive | NO |
| Snorkeling | NO |
| Cenotes within Cave System | 1- Cenote Palomita |
| Cenote Location | Go south on Highway 307 from Aventuras Akumal 4.8 kilometers (.8 kilometers past Chemuyil C.D.), Take a right going west and drive 2.3 kilometers Cenote next to road |
| Accessibility | Little hole with wooden ladder going down into a dry cave |
| Cave Description | Some decorations in the dome area with and the main passage |
| Best Dives | Downstream |
| Map Available | YES |
| Future Exploration | YES |
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