Caption

Cemitério das âncoras, anchor cemetery, around 250 iron anchors are placed here, they used to anchor a network of nets on the seabed to catch shoals of tuna travelling along the coast, a reminder of the Algarve's defunct tuna fishery, on Praia do Barril beach on the island of Tavira, Praia da Ilha de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal

Date

Sep 15, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25J02_365

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (3,8Mb) / 20,0in x 13,3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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