Cancun Point

The northeastern tip of the Yucatán peninsula faces the Caribbean and the channel beside Isla Mujeres. On this coast, the Maya port of El Meco stood across the water from the island. Its position placed it on a coastal navigation route and near a major sanctuary of the Late Postclassic period. Boats moving between the mainland and Isla Mujeres crossed the same waters that joined the ports of eastern Yucatán.