The Aral Sea (/ ˈ ær əl /) [5] [a] was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south, which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up into …

Sep 15, 2016 · When an ill-judged Soviet decision caused the Aral Sea to dry up, a fleet of fishing boats was left abandoned and rusting in the middle of the desert.

Aug 11, 2020 · Old fishing boats rusting away in the desert, where the Aral Sea once was. In the middle of the 19 th century, the Aral Sea became a strategic asset for the Russian Empire. …

Mar 23, 2023 · Read on to learn all about what a day trip to the Aral Sea Ship Graveyard will entail, and the importance they have in Uzbekistan's history.

Sep 18, 2020 · Wanderers in the Aralkum Desert, a stretch of sand between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, may find themselves stumbling upon a strange sight: the rusted corpses of boats …

Jan 9, 2025 · Now we wanted to see the ships themselves, touch their rusting sides, experience the vastness of the Aralkum Desert in Kazakhstan. Ships imply water; deserts the absence …

May 2, 2018 · In the span of 30 years, the Aral Sea split into two distinct bodies of water to the north and the south. The world’s fourth-largest inland lake had shrunk by half. Flickr/Anton …

Jul 23, 2018 · Below, glinting in the sunlight and sinking into the sands, were the last rusting of ships of the Aral Sea. The town of Moynaq, once a bustling fishing port on the edge of the …

Rusty and stranded boat on a small dune in the Aral Sea In 1960, the Aral Sea was one of the four largest lakes in the world. Irrigation projects dried up much of the water and fishermen's …

Nowadays, there are hardly 10 old vessels in the Kazakh part of the Aral sea. The majority of ships – 4 small boats – are located near Jalanash village – which is translated from Kazakh as …