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Sounion

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[soo-nee-uhn] / ˈsu ni ən /

noun

  1. Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.


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Further east along the coast towards Cape Sounion, on the tip of the Attica peninsula, the fire crossed the coastal road and moved toward the ridge of a nearby hill.

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The Iran-backed Houthis said at the end of August that they had agreed to allow the Sounion to be towed away from Yemen after being contacted by “several international parties”.

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The Sounion’s destination was not given, but Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to help the salvagers offload its oil.

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The US State Department has previously warned a spill from the Sounion could be almost four times as large as the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989.

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It said a salvage operation was "under way", although it is not clear if salvage vessels have yet reached the Sounion.

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