Stranded Trawlers of the shrinking Aral Sea #googlemaps

Aral Sea which lies between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was once amongst the 4 largest lakes in the world. It has now shrunk to 10% of its original size. Global Warming has nothing to do with this disaster. The Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since 1960's when the Soviets started diverting the rivers which fed into the lake, for irrigation purposes.

So as the Aral Sea was shrinking it left behind trawlers which had no where to go and were stranded. Some of these stranded trawlers can be clearly seen in Google Maps. I have counted 10 but I am sure there are many many more. I have put together a Google Maps view of the stranded trawlers. If you find more, please do let me know and I will add it to this map.