Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum

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The Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum (Spanish: Museo de Anclas Philippe Cousteau) is located in Salinas, a town within the Castrillón municipality of Asturias, Spain. It is reached by the N-632.The open-air museum is situated on La Peñona peninsula at one end of the beach near the Arnao tunnel. It includes sails and deck anchors, along with a large, ceramic mural. The featured bust of Philippe Cousteau is the work of sculptor Vicente Menendez-Santarúa Prendes. One of the anchors is from the bulk carrier Castillo de Salas that ran aground over rocks near Gijon in 1986.

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Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum
Paseo del Cantábrico, Castrillón

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Paseo del Cantábrico
33405 Castrillón
Asturias, Spain
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