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Description
The VLCC tanker Amoco Cadiz oil spill. After the ship broke apart, its totalcargo of 68.7 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea. (Image credit: Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR)
Credit
Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR
Display Date
1978 March 16
Location
France, Brittany, Portsall Rocks
Collection
America's Coastlines