Answer:
The Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound near Alaska.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Exxon Valdez disaster was an oil spill caused by the oil tanker Exxon Valdez after running aground on March 24, 1989, with a load of 11 million gallons of crude, in Prince William Sound, Alaska, pouring 37,000 tons of hydrocarbon.
Alaska experienced the worst ecological tragedy in its history, by running the oil tanker and pouring millions of liters of oil that expanded over 1,000 miles of coastline. The damage to the fauna that occurred in this area is still being studied.
The spill led to the approval of a new environmental legislation in the United States, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.