There are 130 entries of Disaster Areas in the Atlas

Derweze, Turkmenistan

The Gates of Hell

Fiery crater that has been burning since 1971
09 Jan 2009
Runit Island, Marshall Islands

Cactus Dome

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater
25 Mar 2009
Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire
24 May 2009
Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

Scene of the infamous Mothman sightings
06 Jun 2009
Thistle, Utah

Thistle Ghost Town

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
15 Jul 2011
Thetford-Mines, Canada

Open Pit Asbestos Mine at Thetford Mines

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of metres deep
19 Jun 2009
Indalsälven, Sweden

The Dead Falls of Lake Ragunda

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls
07 Jul 2009
Chernobyl, Ukraine

Chernobyl's Ghost Cities

Visit the abandoned towns left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time
06 Jun 2012
Sidoarjo, Indonesia

The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day
15 Apr 2010
Koto, Japan

Lucky Dragon and Atomic Tuna Memorial

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy
21 Jan 2010
Chittagong, Bangladesh

Chittagong Ship-breaking Yards

Where giant ships go to die
06 Dec 2009
Butte, Montana

The Berkeley Pit

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home
22 Feb 2010
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