Alang
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Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Because it is home to the Alang Ship Breaking Yard, Alang beaches are considered the world's largest ship graveyard.
Ongoing ship breaking at Alang
SS Norway awaits the ship breakers at Alang, August, 2007
Ship graveyard
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A ship graveyard, ship cemetery or breaking yard is a location where the hulls of scrapped ships are left to decay and disintegrate, or left in reserve. Such a practice is now less common due to waste
Alang
…Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Because it is home to the Alang Ship Breaking Yard, Alang beaches are considered the world's largest ship graveyard. As of the 2001 Indian census, Alang had a population of 18,464. Males constitute 82% of the population and females 18%. Alang has an average literacy…
Large ships are scrapped in Alang, India
Aerial view of Alang
Staten Island boat graveyard in 1973
Shipwrecks in Camaret-sur-Mer