Valdez
Pipeline terminus town
Valdez is a port city in southern Alaska, named after Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés.
It serves as the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and is associated with the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.
As a surname, Valdez is common among Spanish speakers.
Final Cold War year
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- oil spillPetroleum released into water
- cleanupRestoration of order
- environmentalOf natural surroundings
contamination · wildlife · sea otters · seabirds · fisheries · ecosystem · litigation · Exxon
At the endpoint
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- oil storageKeeping extracted crude contained
dock · berth · cargo · vessel · supertanker · loading · export · ice-free
Central Alaskan city
- JuneauLargest U.S. state's capital
- CordovaSpanish provincial capital
- KenaiAlaskan peninsula and city
- DenaliAlaska's towering peak
pipeline · glacier · wilderness · fishing · salmon · halibut · wildlife · moose
Language of Iberia
- HispanicOf Spanish-speaking origin
- patronymicName from father's name
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- Latin AmericanFrom Spanish-speaking Americas
1989
Final Cold War year
environmental · contamination · wildlife · sea otters · seabirds · fisheries · ecosystem · litigation · Exxon · tanker
terminal
At the endpoint
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
oil storage · dock · berth · cargo · vessel · supertanker · loading · export · ice-free · deep-water
Fairbanks
Central Alaskan city
Denali · pipeline · glacier · wilderness · fishing · salmon · halibut · wildlife · moose · bear
Spanish
Language of Iberia
- HispanicOf Spanish-speaking origin
- patronymicName from father's name
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
Latin American · Filipino · ancestry · genealogy · heritage
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- Hispanic SurnamesGarcia, Rodriguez, Martinez, Hernandez, Lopez
- Pacific CoastPacific Ocean, beach, Pacific coast, sand, Pacific beaches
- Gymnastics Skillsback handspring, front handspring, cartwheel, back walkover, front walkover
- Alaska PlacesJuneau, Fairbanks, Nome, Sitka, Ketchikan
- Coastal AlaskaSitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, fjords
ValdezDenali
Alaska's towering peak
pristine wilderness · Galápagos Islands · Yellowstone · marine sanctuary · protected waters
- Exxon ValdezGrounded supertanker, 1989
valiant, valid, validity, validly, validate, validation, invalidate, invalid, valor