The Castillo de Bellver Disaster

The Castillo de Bellver Disaster - Windhoek : John Meinert, 1983 - 2 pages; 29 cm - Mitteilungen Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe Aug-83 P.8-9; 19.Jahrgang No.5 .

On Saturday 6th August 1983 the Castillo de Bellver, a Spanish Supertanker of 278 000 dwt carrying a load of crude oil from the Arabian Gulf ran into difficulties at 33`30 S and 12~10 E, some 44 miles to the west and slightly south of Dassen Island, the main breeding island at the Cape. Boats went out to spray the oil slick. ZANCCOB = The South African National Foundation for the Conservation of coastal Birds got into action to clean polluted birds


South African National Foundation for the Conservation of coastal Birds (SANCCOB)


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