USAT Liberty Wreck
A United States Army cargo ship that was beached at Tulamben in 1942 and now lies in shallow water just off the stony shore. Its hull, covered in coral and fish, is a wreck that divers and snorkellers can reach straight from the beach.
- Where
- Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -8.2744, 115.5928
Get the USAT Liberty Wreck stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at USAT Liberty Wreck. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bali volume with your photos and a note.
Near USAT Liberty Wreck
Mount Agung 12 km
Bali's highest point, an almost perfectly conical stratovolcano that dominates the east of the island and shapes its rainfall. Balinese hold the mountain sacred, and on a clear morning the summit looks across the strait to Mount Rinjani on Lombok.
Pura Lempuyang Luhur 14 km
The seventh and highest of the temples on Mount Lempuyang in east Bali, reached by a long climb of steps through forest past the lower temples of the complex. It is counted among the six holiest sanctuaries on the island.
Tirta Gangga 15 km
A former royal water palace of the Karangasem kings in eastern Bali, laid out with bathing pools, fountains and stepping stones. It is named after the Ganges, the sacred river of India, and has its own Patirthan temple.
Besakih Temple 19 km
The mother temple of Bali and the holiest site in Balinese Hinduism, sitting nearly 1,000 metres up the slopes of Mount Agung. It is not one building but a complex of 23 related temples on six terraced levels, the largest being Pura Penataran Agung.
Lake Batur 20 km
A crescent-shaped crater lake inside the caldera of Mount Batur in the Kintamani highlands, the largest lake in Bali. Hot springs line parts of its shore, and the volcano rises straight up from the water's western side.
Ujung Water Palace 21 km
A former palace of the Karangasem kings on Bali's east coast, laid out around large ornamental pools crossed by bridges. In Dutch colonial times it was simply called the Waterpaleis, and today it also goes by Ujung Park or Sukasada Park.
Tenganan 22 km
A walled village of the Bali Aga, the island's older inhabitants, in the east of Bali. It is known for geringsing, a double ikat cloth woven in only three places in the world, and for selonding music played on iron metallophones.
Mount Batur 24 km
An active volcano at the centre of two nested calderas in the Kintamani highlands, with a crater lake along its south-east side. Climbers set off in the dark to reach the summit for sunrise over the lake and Mount Agung.
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Questions
Where is USAT Liberty Wreck?
USAT Liberty Wreck is in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mount Agung (12 km), Pura Lempuyang Luhur (14 km), Tirta Gangga (15 km).
How do I get the USAT Liberty Wreck stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at USAT Liberty Wreck and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bali volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to USAT Liberty Wreck before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bali volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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