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An abandoned oil tanker in the Persian Gulf
March 1, 2012

Oil Tanker, Persian Gulf

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A relic of the Iran-Iraq war, this oil tanker was scuttled near the Kuwait-Iraq border on Saddam Hussein’s orders, to block access by sea to southern Iraq. Kuwaiti authorities are reluctant to remove the vessel for fear of damaging the wetlands of nearby Bubiyan Island, an important fish nursery and seabird breeding ground.

See more pictures from the March 2012 feature story "The Seas of Arabia."


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Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic

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