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Little diomede island, alaska
Little Diomede Fuel Tanks; Little Diomede Island, Alaska · NOAAORR-6770
- issued
- 1990-11-19 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1990-12-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1990-12-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Bering Sea
- position
- 65.757, -168.954
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Little Diomede Fuel Tanks; Little Diomede Island, Alaska. Little Diomede Island, Alaska. 1. On November 19, 1990, storm-induced 25-foot high waves tore open bulk fuel tanks at the village of Diomede on the north end of Little Diomede Island in the middle of the Bering Strait. Four mobile fuel oil storage tanks were damaged and began leaking oil after being swept from the rocky shore of the island. Three of the tanks contained an estimated 30,000 gallons of #1 heating oil and the fourth tank contained an estimated 4,000 gallons of marine gas. An estimated 10,100 gallons of #1 fuel oil and 4,600 gallons of marine gas were lost. USCG district 17. 2. COMMODITY: #1 FUEL OIL, GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 14700 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 65.757N 168.954W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6770: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6770
This area · spills & pollution incidents
25 within 180 nm since 1990 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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- Nome, ak 99762, USA2025-02-07
- Bering strait, alaska2024-06-05
- Diomede, ak 99762, USA2023-11-27
- Damaged/leaking 55-gallon drum, shishmaref, ak2023-06-02
- Teller, ak, USA2023-05-26
- Remnants of typhoon merbok damage towns and villages along bering sea coastline, alaska2022-09-18
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Scientific moorings, at depth 15 meters, established in: a. 65-46.86N 168-34.07WSurveys · 13.3 nm
- Scientific mooring, at depth seven meters, established in 66-19.56N 168-57.08WSurveys · 34.2 nm
- Survey operations in progress until 10 sep by vessel aleksandr rogotskiy in area bound by 66-05.00N…Surveys · 67.9 nm
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