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Declaration of Caracol as Archaeological Reserve

National Institute Of Culture And History (Caracol Archaeological Reserve) Order, para. 2 · Revised Edition 2020

The area of alienated Crown land situate in the Cayo District which is described in the Schedule hereto, the title of which has reverted to the Crown, and which is known as Caracol, is hereby declared to be an Archaeological Reserve. MADE by the Minister responsible for Ancient Monuments and Antiquities this 3rd day of February, 1995. 41 SCHEDULE [Paragraph 2] CARACOL ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESERVE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land, being the Caracol Site situate in the Cayo District, containing 25,000 Acres approximately and bounded as followsOn the North, South and East respectively by lands being now or formerly National Lands; and on the west by the Western International boundary line between Belize and Guatemala; and being more particularly described as followsCommencing at the intersection of the international boundary line between Belize and Guatemala, and the scaled Universal Transverse Mercator grid line of 18 60 600 metres Northings, being the Northwestern corner of the here-in described parcel; thence due East for a distance of 8,800 metres approximately to a point having a scaled Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate value of 18 60 600 metres Northings, 278 000 metres Eastings; thence due South for a distance of 11,260 metres approximately to another point having a scaled Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate value of 18 49 450 metres Northings, 2 78 000 metres Eastings; thence in a westerly direction for a distance of 9,800 metres approximately to another point being the intersection of the said international boundary line between Belize and Guatemala and the scaled Universal Transverse Mercator grid line of 18 49 450 metres Northings; thence in a Northeasterly direction for a distance of 11,150 metres approximately, back to the point of commencement.
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