Vehicle graveyard
{{Short description|Location where cars are abandoned}}
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A vehicle graveyard, cemetery, or boneyard is a location in which several vehicles, often of the same type, have been abandoned. The vehicles might be awaiting dismantling or recycling, or may just be left to decay. Most sites are intentionally created and many have security to protect them while others are forgotten and lay undiscovered for some time. These sites can be popular destinations for urban explorers.
Specific types of vehicle
=Aircraft=
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{{main|Aircraft boneyard|Spacecraft cemetery}}
An aircraft graveyard, or boneyard, is a location where numerous aircraft have been stored. The largest of which is the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, a near 2,600-acre site containing around 4,400 aircraft. There is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean, the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, in which over 260 spacecraft and satellites have been deposited after their working life, including the Mir space station.
=Automobiles=
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{{main|Automobile graveyard|Tank graveyard}}
An automobile graveyard is a location in which cars or other road vehicles are kept until they have decayed or been destroyed. One particularly noteworthy example is near Victorville, California where hundreds of thousands of cars bought back by Volkswagen after the 2015 emissions scandal now reside.
=Ships=
{{main|Ship graveyard}}
A ship graveyard is a location where the hulls of ships are left to decay and disintegrate. The largest ship graveyard is in the bay of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, where more than 300 vessels can be found.
=Trains=
{{main|Train graveyard}}
A train graveyard is where trains and rolling stock are left to decay. The "Cementerio de Trenes" (train cemetery) near Uyuni, Bolivia serves as a tourist attraction with trains dating back to the 19th century left to rust in the extensive salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni.
References
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{{cite web
|title=The secrets of the desert aircraft 'boneyards'
|publisher=BBC
|surname=Dowling
|first=Stephen
|date=18 September 2014
|url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140918-secrets-of-the-aircraft-boneyards
|accessdate=31 March 2018
}}
{{cite web
|title=10 Largest Ship Graveyards in the World
|publisher=Marine Insight
|date=20 February 2018
|url=https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/10-largest-ship-graveyards-in-the-world/
|accessdate=31 March 2018
}}
{{cite web
|title=Photos: Volkswagen has bought back thousands of diesel cars in the US. Here’s what that looks like
|publisher=Quartz
|date=30 March 2018
|surname=Simon
|first=Johnny
|url=https://qz.com/1241214/photos-volkswagen-has-bought-back-thousands-of-diesel-cars-in-the-us-heres-what-that-looks-like/
|accessdate=31 March 2018
}}
{{cite web
|title=The place spacecraft go to die
|publisher=BBC
|surname=Whitehouse
|first=David
|date=21 October 2017
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41683839
|accessdate=31 March 2018
}}
{{cite web
|title=Cementerio de Trenes
|publisher=Lonely Planet
|date=18 September 2014
|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bolivia/uyuni/attractions/cementerio-de-trenes/a/poi-sig/467252/363148
|accessdate=1 April 2018
}}
}}
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