Disaster Memorials

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Last import of category containing 830 waymarks in 41 different countries with 154 regions was on 2024-03-22, there are 14 waymarks with missing region in this category.

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GermanyBrandenburg*Team Krombaer*2016-02-25WMQFZFZugunglück im Bahnhof Elsterwerda 1997 - Elsterwerda/Deutschland/BB
AustraliaNew South Wales3l diesel2010-05-19WM8VY4Down Five Hundred Feet, Broken Hill
United StatesIowa8Nuts MotherGoose2007-07-30WM1Y23Tornado Disaster - Camanche, IA
United StatesHawaii94RedRover2008-03-14WM3C8YHilo Bayfront Clock, Hilo, HI
United StatesNew Jersey94RedRover2009-01-01WM5FMT9/11 Memorial "Angel in Anguish" - Brick, NJ
FranceBourgogne-Franche-ComtéAlfouine2023-09-17WM18RAPGorges de Nouailles - Doubs - France
FranceBretagneAlfouine2020-02-08WM11PNTL'abri Sadi Carnot - Brest - France
FranceOccitanieAlfouine2019-02-05WM100ZZLe lieutenant pilote Jean Renaudin - Saint Michel d'Euzet - Francel
starsMexicoDistrito FederalAlfouine2023-01-24WM17C2NEl memorial olvidado del sismo del 85 - Mexico Ciudad - Mexico
SwitzerlandThurgauAndré de Montbard2022-06-18WM16B1MRheinfall (1869) - Berlingen, TG, CH
starsSenegalAriberna2023-08-26WM18MTWau dévouement de médecins et pharmaciens - Ílle de Gorée, Senegal
SpainGaliciaAriberna2021-09-13WM14YMQPeople died on the sea - Sada, A Coruña, Galicia, España
CanadaNewfoundland and LabradorArvense2009-06-14WM6K8KOcean Ranger Memorial, St. John's Newfondland
NetherlandsZuid-HollandAxel-F2018-08-30WMZ1P5North Sea flood 1953 - Stellendam (NL)
United StatesOregonBandmaster2007-08-25WM22JMWorld Trade Center/Pentagon Memorial - Salem, OR
starsHungaryGyor-Moson-SopronBecktracker2021-09-13WM14XNYHoly Trinity Column - Sopron, Hungary
starsBermudaBenchmark Blasterz2015-03-02WMNEKPAirliner Cavalier Disaster -- Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Hamilton BM
CanadaSaskatchewanBenchmark Blasterz2023-05-23WM183HHRCMP CF-MPO Crash Memorial -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chapel, RCMP Depot, Regina SK CAN
United StatesDistrict of ColumbiaBenchmark Blasterz2012-10-27WMFJQ1RMS Titanic Memorial -- Washington DC
United StatesKansasBenchmark Blasterz2017-11-27WMX507STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster -- International Forest of Friendship, Atchison KS
United StatesLouisianaBig B Bob2009-10-30WM7H3BHurricane Katrina Memorial - New Orleans, Louisiana
United StatesWest Virginiabisbee52008-05-27WM3WT5Marshall Univ. Football Team Memorial - Huntington, WV
AustraliaWestern Australiablingg2015-04-10WMNNJNGeorgette Memorial - Margaret River, Western Australia
United StatesKentuckyBluegrassCache2007-10-04WM2A0ROklahoma City Bombing Memorial - Simpsonville, KY
United StatesOhioBluegrassCache2007-11-05WM2HDRKent State Massacre - Kent, OH
CanadaQuébecbluelamb032011-04-19WMB8PNTrans Canada Airlines Flight 831 Memorial, Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
United StatesDelawarebluesnote2021-08-08WM14Q0QFatalities Suffered During Construction of the Bridge - New Castle, DE
United StatesIdahoBruceS2007-10-07WM2B9WSunshine Mine Disaster Memorial - Sunshine Mine, Idaho
United StatesUtahbrwhiz2011-06-18WMBRF3Salt Creek Canyon Massacre ~ Juab County, Utah
SpainCastilla y LeónCavernario2023-05-31WM1829ZExplosión de gas en calle Gaspar Arroyo - Palencia, Castilla y León, España (Spain)
United StatesNevadaChapterhouseInc2012-03-12WMDYV7Thunderbirds Diamond Crash Memorial - Las Vegas, NV
starsEstoniaChasing Blue Sky2012-09-04WMF78MBroken Line - The Sinking of Estonia - Tallinn, Estonia
United KingdomSouth West Englandcldisme2008-07-14WM46CJSalisbury Train Wreck of 1906 - Salisbury, England, UK
United StatesIllinoiscldisme2007-07-10WM1V2RArsenal Explosions during WW2 - Joliet, IL
United KingdomNorth East Englandcmiller382021-05-29WM14A9E1860 Burradon Mining Disaster Commemorative Memorial - Burradon, England.
United StatesSouth CarolinaCoinsAndPins2008-03-30WM3FHXHurricane Hugo; Charleston, SC
United StatesNorth CarolinaCountrydragon2010-01-07WM8152Marshall Memorial - E.C.U Campus - North Carolina
United StatesFloridaDangerousDale2007-08-11WM1ZR6USCGC Blackthorn - St. Petersburg, FL.
United KingdomSouth East Englanddave-harris2011-04-02WMB40MKent Air Ambulance Memorial - Blue Bell Hill Burham Kent
CzechiaMoravskoslezský krajdavidb112021-04-21WM145JFMine Disaster Karviná - Doly, Czech republic
FranceCentre-Val-de-LoireDD Drix2015-01-07WMN626In memory of the B17G "Sequatchiee"
starsNetherlandsZeelandDe Saatjes2007-10-03WM2AG6Wolfaartsdijk watersnoodramp 1953 - Wolfaartsdijk, Netherlands
United KingdomWest MidlandsDeadjesters2010-06-20WM92PKWellington Bomber Crash Site, Pershore, Worcestershire, UK
starsCambodiadenben2012-04-23WME9H4Cambodian Genocide - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
starsCubadenben2017-03-20WMV9V4Execution Site Memorial - La Habana, Cuba
FranceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurdenben2017-01-24WMTWJRMonument du Génocide Arménien - Aix-en-Provence, France
starsAfghanistandmbfan732011-04-06WMB4TA2002 German Helicopter Crash (Kabul)
starsUnited KingdomEastern EnglandDragontree2008-01-13WM2YYBR101 Airship Disaster Memorial - Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK
United KingdomNorth WalesDragontree2009-07-05WM6PYDDolgarrog Dam Disaster Memorial Walk - Conwy, North Wales, UK
United KingdomSouthern EnglandDragontree2012-11-27WMFT80HMS Trident Memorial - Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
New ZealandSouth IslandDunbar Loop2010-03-28WM8G4CHyde Railway Disaster — Hyde, New Zealand
GermanyHessenEibacher Kuckuck2018-06-24WMYJFATanklastunglück von Herborn, Hessen, Germany
United KingdomNorth West Englandfellsmanhiker2008-02-13WM35G2Bubonic Plague Remembrance Garden - Dalton, UK
SwitzerlandAargaufi672016-04-21WMQZY4Hellikon Schoolhouse Disaster Memorial - Wegenstetten, AG, Switzerland
starsSwitzerlandGraubündenfi672014-04-07WMKFJGRockfall Memorial - Preda, GR, Switzerland
SwitzerlandSolothurnfi672019-04-03WM10ARXDer Brückeneinsturz vom 13. Juli 1813 - Dornach, SO, Switzerland
SwitzerlandValaisfi672016-10-15WMT80GOctober 2000 Landslide - Gondo, VS, Switzerland
United StatesGeorgiaFirefrog692007-11-26WM2NKXToccoa Falls Disaster - Toccoa Falls, GA
GermanyNordrhein-Westfaleng300td2014-12-15WMN1W6Plane Crash Memorial in Lüttingen, Germany
NorwayNordlandg300td2015-08-04WMPBJZPrinsesse Ragnhild Shipwreck Memorial - Bodø, Nordland, Norway
CanadaNew Brunswickgemeloj2013-10-08WMJ53HEscuminac disaster- New Brunswick-Canada
starsUnited StatesTexasggmorton2007-07-10WM1TX1Oklahoma City Disaster Memorial - Dickinson, TX
AustraliaAustralian Capital TerritoryGrahame Cookie2019-01-31WM1001GFamine Holodomor, Ukraine - Canberra, ACT, Australia
United StatesWashingtonGT.US2007-10-01WM29ZAMt. St. Helens Disaster Memorial - Mt St Helens, WA
SpainAndalucíaGURUGU2024-02-10WM19EBMGrave accidente en las minas de hierro - Corcoya, Sevilla, España
CanadaBritish Columbiagypsie22008-08-25WM4H5FPlane crash Memorial - Campbell River, BC
CzechiaStředočeský krajhaggaeus2011-07-31WMC689Cerhovice Train Crash Memorial
starsSlovakiaŽilinský krajhaggaeus2011-09-02WMCCCJMemorial to the victims of Cernova massacre
NetherlandsNoord-Hollandhaxepaxe2009-09-14WM77GMTsunami Monument - t Zand
NetherlandsOverijsselhaxepaxe2007-12-10WM2QRMHoogwaterkanon - Blankenham, Netherlands
United StatesMissouriHeadstone Hunter 12007-09-01WM23KY1928 Explosion Memorial - West Plains, Missouri
United StatesWyomingHikenutty2007-07-19WM1W9W9/11 Memorial - Evanston, Wyoming
United KingdomSouthern ScotlandHitchinLookers2010-07-12WM97FWIbrox Stadium Disaster, Glasgow, UK.
PortugalViseuh_raky2011-01-13WMAGCXAlcafache-Nelas-Viseu-Portugal
CanadaNova Scotiaiconions2008-01-12WM2YVMSwissair Flight 111 Memorial - Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
United StatesArkansasiconions2014-04-23WMKJT1Burris Memorial Plaza - Russellville, Ar.
CzechiaPardubický krajištván2011-10-14WMCNC7Hurka, 1948 Plane Crash Memorial - Rviste, Ceska republika
United StatesMichiganJagman7142008-08-12WM4EEJFlight 255 Disaster - Plymouth, MI.
IrelandMunsterJarda3152009-09-14WM77H4Titanic's last stop - Queenstown, Ireland, EU
CzechiaLiberecký krajjezevecjezevec2013-07-05WMHB55Mohyla letcu - mountain Jested, Czech republic
United StatesCaliforniaJohnny_Quest2008-05-28WM3WXCUSS Bennington Memorial - San Diego, CA
GermanyRheinland-Pfalzkaschper692018-03-29WMXZQQPestsäule Frankenstraße 25 - Andernach, RP, Germany
GermanySaarlandkukus2016-05-18WMR6RXLuisenthal Coal Mine Explosion Memorial - Völklingen, Germany
United StatesMinnesotalenron2011-10-14WMCVBRWellstone Plane Crash - Eveleth, MN
United StatesNew Mexicolinkys2009-11-24WM7QHXManned Spaceflight Memorial - Columbia - Alamogordo, NM
United StatesColoradoLowBFlat2007-08-14WM20D0Columbine Memorial - Columbine, CO
FranceNouvelle-Aquitainelulu_et_compagnie2016-08-14WMRWKJStéle mémoire du crash d'un Espilon. Fors. France
ItalyFriuli–Venezia GiuliaMacamica2017-05-22WMVR63The Vajont Disaster - Diga del Vajont
starsAustraliaQueenslandMarine Biologist2009-03-06WM5Z9WStinson Air Disaster Memorial - Queensland, Australia
starsPortugalLisboaMarine Biologist2010-09-28WM9TM11506 Massacre of Jews - Lisbon, Portugal
United KingdomLondonMaster Mariner2011-10-31WMCZZXTitanic Memorial Garden - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK
starsAustriaWienMetro22013-12-17WMJQ6ZPestsäule - Vienna, Austria
starsEl SalvadorMetro22013-05-31WMH54JHuman Rights Memorial - San Salvador, El Salvador
PolandMałopolskieMetro22015-11-30WMQ15MKatyn Forest Massacre Memorial - Krakow, Poland
United StatesArizonaMother Wolf2008-08-01WM4B959/11 Memorial: We Remember - Scottsdale, AZ
United StatesVirginiaMother Wolf2008-08-01WM4B9D9/11 Memorial: We Remember - Salem, Virginia
United StatesNew HampshireMountain_Wanderer2008-11-02WM52XPWreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Portsmouth, NH
starsGreeceneoc12019-12-02WM11QA8The Monument of the Hand - Chania, Crete, Greece
CzechiaJihočeský krajOlii052014-02-03WMK2JWPomnik moroveho hrbitova - Milevsko, Czech Republic
United StatesOklahomapaulspaper2007-09-06WM2553Oklahoma City Bombing National Memorial - Oklahoma City, OK
CanadaManitobaPeterNoG2011-04-02WMB3YFNew Iceland Smallpox Epidemic - Gimli MB
BelgiumWest-VlaanderenPetjeOp2022-09-30WM16T3JSinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise - Zeebrugge, Belgium
NetherlandsUtrechtPetjeOp2021-11-28WM15AWPWatersnoodramp - Veenendaal, NL
United StatesWisconsinphatdad2014-07-14WMM38RB-47Crash Site- Hurley, WI
AustriaNiederösterreichPISA-caching2018-10-28WMZE58Überschwemmung 1874 - Retz, Austria
starsBosnia and HerzegovinaPISA-caching2021-08-16WM14RHKFire in the National Library - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
starsCroatiaPISA-caching2021-06-10WM14CDKEarthquake in Dubrovnik in 1520 - Dubrovnik, Croatia
starsMoldovaPISA-caching2023-08-23WM18MDV"Bessarabians massacred by Bolshevik executioners" - Chisinau, Moldova
starsNorth MacedoniaPISA-caching2020-11-21WM13E4VEarthquake of 1963 - Skopje, North Macedonia
United KingdomNorthern ScotlandPISA-caching2018-11-03WMZFC6The "Battle" of May Island - Anstruther, Scotland, UK
United StatesTennesseePrognosticatingPedologist2007-08-28WM23CPSpring City School Bus Tragedy Memorial - Spring City, TN
starsCzechiaHlavní město Prahaprokestom2009-06-30WM6AC4Huascaran 1970 - Praha
starsIsle of Manprussel2016-12-01WMTFN8Winter Hill air disaster memorial — Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man
United StatesMassachusettsPrying Pandora2008-05-22WM3VGJSalem Witch Trials Memorial - Danvers, MA
starsPolandŚląskiepuczmeloun2013-12-11WMJNXT2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash memorial (Jasna Góra Monastery) - Czestochowa, Poland
starsNew ZealandNorth IslandPunga and Paua2008-04-11WM3J7DKA 949 Tangiwai Memorial - Central Plateau, NZ
starsSouth AfricaWestern CapeQueens Blessing2013-10-13WMJ90BCrash Site Memorial, Simon's Town, South Africa
United StatesAlaskaQueens Blessing2010-08-08WM9AD3Crash of C-47 in Susitna Valley, Alaska
FranceHauts-de-FranceRakeInTheCache2008-05-18WM3TZDVol/Flight 981 Turkish Airlines - Foret d'Ermenonville, France
starsFranceÎle-de-FranceRakeInTheCache2008-04-09WM3HXFConcorde Crash - Gonnesse, France
starsGermanyBaden-WürttembergRakeInTheCache2007-08-10WM1ZN8Überlingen Mid-air Collision - Überlingen, Germany
United StatesNew YorkRayman2007-07-16WM1VR1Remember the Children Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial - Tonawanda, NY
PortugalPortorazalas2012-02-14WMDQCANaufrágio de 1947 - Matosinhos, Portugal
AustraliaTasmaniaronjean2017-12-11WMX880Port Arthur Massacre - Port Arthur, Tasmania, AU
starsCanadaOntarioS5280ft2007-09-23WM28NPMontreal Massacre - London, Ontario, Canada
starsBrazilSão Paulosaopaulo12007-08-06WM1Z1FMemorial de Massacre Armenio - Sao Paulo, Brazil
PolandLubelskiesernikk2021-06-07WM14BW3Pomnik Szaranczy / Locust Monument - Zwierzyniec, Poland
PolandMazowieckiesernikk2021-04-15WM13VFDGóra Lotnika / Airmen Hill - Józefów, Poland
starsItalyToscanasherpes2009-08-31WM74GJ1948 vehicular accident near Capalbio, Italy
United KingdomEast MidlandsSMacB2016-03-07WMQN80British Midland Flight 92 'Motorway Plane Crash'- Kegworth Cemetery - Kegworth, Leicestershire
starsFinlandsmall oaks2009-09-06WM72BHRuttokivi - Plague memorial stone in Porvoo, Finland
starsSwedenGotlandsmall oaks2010-03-05WM7FZRTjernobyleken - Visby, Gotland
SpainIslas CanariasSmurffaaja2023-02-02WM17DR1Death of Paratroopers - Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, España
United StatesAlabamasnfromky2007-10-08WM2BQDSpace Shuttle Park - Huntsville, AL
United StatesMississippiSunny Gina2007-08-17WM20ZAHurricane Katrina Memorial - Biloxi, Mississippi
starsSpainIslas BalearesSUp3rFM & Cruella2017-11-20WMX36AExplosión en el revellín de Sant Fernando - Palma, Spain
United KingdomSouth WalesSuperted2008-09-08WM4MW6Lifeboat 'Janet' Disaster Memorial - Port Eynon, Wales, UK
United StatesPennsylvaniaSzuchie2008-02-19WM36TTForest County Tornado - Tionesta, PA
CanadaAlbertaT0SHEA2015-08-14WMPDVGHillcrest Mine Disaster - Hillcrest, AB
CanadaPrince Edward IslandT0SHEA2016-08-26WMRZ34The Yankee Gale of '51 - Kildare Capes, PEI
United StatesMarylandTaluss2008-09-16WM4PHATornado of April 28, 2002 - La Plata, MD
United StatesConnecticutTeam Smokey2010-05-24WM8WXKOklahoma City Bombing Memorial - New Milford, CT
United StatesMaineTeam Smokey2008-07-28WM4A17Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial - Kittery, ME
starsBelgiumLimburgTeamYakara2018-07-13WMYQ9YRoosburgramp, Zichen-Zussen-Bolder, Limburg, Belgium
NetherlandsLimburgTeamYakara2019-01-31WMZY5PFlooding Maas 1993, Reuver, Netherlands
NetherlandsNoord-BrabantTeamYakara2020-04-10WM129MJWatersnoodramp 1953, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Netherlands
GermanySachsenTharandter2012-08-29WMF669Bergmannsgrab - Kleinnaundorf, Lk. Sächs. Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Sachsen, D
BrazilRio de JaneiroThe Snowdog2022-09-30WM16T6CAir France 447 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
AustraliaVictoriaThe Spindoctors2010-03-14WM8CXTWangaratta bus crash, Victoria, Australia
NetherlandsGroningenTheodd12020-12-06WM13G4HLauwerszeedijk - Vierhuizen (NL)
GermanyBayernTintenklexx2017-03-16WMV8W7Denkmal an die Opfer des Attentats auf das Oktoberfest - München, Munich, Bayern, Germany
starsDenmarkTjow2014-03-02WMK0MPBombefly B17 42-40051
IrelandDublintmob2011-11-12WMD35JGreat Famine - Dublin, Ireland
PortugalLeiriatofixe2020-08-31WM13295Náufragos do Salsinha - Praia da Vieira, Leiria, Portugal
starsNorwayOsloTorgut2012-01-16WMDH57MS Scandinavian Star shipwreck - Oslo, Norway
CzechiaJihomoravský krajToRo612015-07-10WMP209Mining disasters - Zbysov, Czech Republic
CzechiaÚstecký krajToRo612013-09-10WMJ1Z8The Nelson Mine Disaster Memorial, Osek, CZ
FranceCorseTromel2017-06-20WMW08NStade de football - Furiani, Corse
United StatesMontanaVolcanoguy2011-10-06WMCQKNHebgen Lake Earthquake
CanadaYukon TerritoryWeathervane2020-07-17WM12T82Sinking of the Princess Sophia - Dawson, Yukon Territory
starsUkraineWeimarWest2012-07-17WMEXA3The Holodomor
GermanyHamburgWindschattenwanderer2017-11-01WMWYRWDie Primuskatastrophe - Hamburg, Deutschland
GermanyNiedersachsenWindschattenwanderer2018-06-15WMYGXAChatschkar (Kreuzstein) - Leer, NS, Deutschland
PortugalArquipélago da MadeiraWindschattenwanderer2024-01-28WM19CT6Acidente de avião TAP 425 - Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
starsIrelandLeinsterWindsocker2008-02-24WM37ZTDonadee 911 Memorial - Donadee Co Kildare, Ireland
IrelandUlsterWindsocker2008-12-28WM5EHCOmagh Bomb Memorial - Omagh Co Tyrone
United KingdomYorkshirewireworm2011-02-05WMANV2Nabs Wood Huskar Memorial, South Yorkshire
SpainComunidad de Madridxeocach2022-10-26WM16XND(Legacy) Monumento Víctimas del 11M Atocha - Madrid, España
starsJapanHyogoyaroujidai2010-01-19WM83A7Marina who held a clock which stopped eternally
United StatesIndianaYoSam.2008-09-01WM4JVYGriffin Tornado, Griffin, IN