Cabo Tamar oil spill
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On 7 June 1978, the Chilean Oil tanker Cabo Tamar ran aground at San Vicente Bay, near Talcahuano, Chile, and released 12,000 tons of oil (of the 64,000 ton load).[1]
See also
- VLCC Metula oil spill, biggest oil spill in Chile
- Guamblin Island, second biggest oil spill in Chile
References
- ^ Sistemas integrados de Gestión, Carlos Saldivia, Las desconocidas historias de los tres derrames de petróleo en Chile Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 18 September 2013