What the records say
- When
- 24 Mar 1989
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 60.84° N, 146.86° W
- Description
- Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl of oil after running aground.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Summary
Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl of oil after running aground
Exxon Valdez oil spill
1989 industrial disaster in Alaska
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska, at 12:04 a.m.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Exxon Valdez kazası: Alaska'nın Prens William Boğazı bölgesinde, Exxon Valdez karaya oturduktan sonra 240.000 varil (38.000 m3) petrol denize sızdı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “нефтяной танкер Exxon Valdez потерпел крушение у побережья Аляски”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “エクソンバルディーズ号原油流出事故発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page