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MV Braer

MV Braer in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

About

MV Braer is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

MV Braer was an oil tanker which ran aground during a storm off Shetland, Scotland, in January 1993, and nearly a week later broke up during the most intense extratropical cyclone on record for the northern Atlantic Ocean, the Braer Storm of January 1993.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates
59.8833, -1.3500

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Frequently asked questions

Where is MV Braer?
MV Braer is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.8833°, -1.3500°.
Who owns MV Braer?
MV Braer is owned by Braer Corporation.