Ghost Beaches: Home of Hundreds of Shipwrecks

On the coasts of Mauritain and Bangladesh, hundreds of Ships were left for years. These are two of the biggest cemeteries of ships in the world.

Mauritain

One of the biggest cementeries of ships in the world is located in Nouadhibou, Mauritain. In this beach, there are more than 300 ships "deposited" on the sand.

 

In this satellite image you can see entire ships and separated parts of them.

Inhabitants of this country protest about this situation. They want the ships to be fixed so they can be sailed

The cause of this problem is the corruption of the government, that approves the deposits of ships for large amounts of money.

As you can see in the image  above, people coexist with this problem.

Bangladesh

In Chittagong, Blangladesh, is the biggest petroleum-ships cemetery in the world.

When the sea goes back, lots of people go to the ships, to get hardware, iron and other pieces from these giants.

About 200,000 people are thought to work there, without special clothes, like gloves or boots.

The material taken in this place is about the 80% used by the country.

Women and children work there too, getting from the coasts small pieces of iron or rope.

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Comments (6)
#1 by Liane Schmidt
Oct 12, 2008
Interesting article.

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.
#2 by Rumi
Oct 12, 2008
very interesting
#3 by Gon Pincha
Oct 12, 2008
Thank you very much guys. :)
#4 by BC Doan
Oct 15, 2008
Very interesting, and great find for an article!
#5 by Rask Balavoine
Oct 21, 2008
Fascinating article, striking and eerie pictures.
#6 by Lost in Arizona
Oct 30, 2008
It's bizarre to see the shipwrecks stranded out in the middle of nowhere. They look like metal skeletons. Too eerie.
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