🛢️ Ixtoc I oil spill

Mexico · Americas · 19.41°N, 92.33°W

Quick facts

Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	19.41°N, 92.33°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	2,161 km north of it
Solar time	UTC-6:15 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 12:10, sets 23:35 — 11 h 25 min of daylight

Ixtoc I oil spill is located in Mexico, in Americas.

Closest oil platforms

Perdido (oil platform) — 792 km away, in United States
Magnolia (oil platform) — 866 km away, in Other
Baldpate (oil platform) — 925 km away, in United States
Olympus tension leg platform — 1,022 km away, in United States
Mars (oil platform) — 1,024 km away, in United States

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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