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The VLCC tanker Amoco Cadiz oil spill

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.

Credit

Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR

Display Date

1978 March 16

Location

France, Brittany, Portsall Rocks

Collection

America's Coastlines