Khark [kɑ:rk]
哈格岛[伊朗西南部](或译哈尔克岛)
- The Dutch salvage company Smit Tak said workers plugged a 60- by 90-foot hole in Khark 5's port side.
- Cape Verde, Morocco, Portugal and Spain turned away the Khark 5, which made an arc Saturday around the Canaries before heading south across open seas.
- Smit Tak has been trying to find a safe haven for the Khark 5 since an explosion ripped through the ship's hull Dec. 19 when it was 400 miles north of Las Palmas in Spain's Canary Islands.
- Smit Tak has been trying to find a haven for the Khark 5 since an explosion ripped through the ship's hull Dec. 19 when it was 400 miles north of Las Palmas in Spain's Canary Islands.
- "They operated between Khark Island and Sirri Island running the gantlet of Iraqi air attacks and after the war some of them were detained in European ports for alleged deficiencies in maintenance," he said.
- Portuguese Navy officers said it was unlikely the crude came from the Iranian oil tanker Khark 5, which leaked more than 19 million gallons in the region last month, the Lusa news agency reported.