On the western shore of Albania’s Sazan Island, where waves crash against steep cliffs, lies an area that seafarers call “Gryka e Xhehenemit” – the Gorge of Hell.
On the surface, the transparent waters offer a fairytale view – precisely the kind of natural beauty believed capable of attracting the elite of global tourism. But dive just metres below the surface and the tourist postcard turns into a wartime scene, frozen in time.
Across a marine area of 5,000 square metres, 200-millimetre artillery shells from World War II rest silently alongside anti-submarine mines and tons of explosives, undetonated.
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Source: Balkan Insight News
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