Grand Erg Oriental small but ancient settlement of Ghadames at the Libyan frontier. Another and better road from Hassi Messaoud goes south, also crossing the grand erg where it passes a well called "Hassi Tartrat", before reaching the erg's far side. Further south lies the Ahaggar mountains. The cities of Wargla and Touggourt lie outside the western limits of the erg. Nearby, within the accepted boundaries of the "Grand Erg Oriental", the landscape is described as being "practically free from [sand] dunes" evidently due to strong, persistent winds. Petroleum and other hydrocarbons have been extracted in Algeria, from areas in and surrounding the
Erg (tug) generators) through the fog and rain, when she was run down by a Norwegian freighter – a steamship named "Norelg" (See Convoy SC 94 for more information on this ship). The tug immediately began sinking and as a result, 19 men lost their lives. On July 19, the Royal Canadian Navy utilized the floating crane "Lord Kitchener" to raise the wreck of "Erg" so the bodies of the deceased could be recovered. Only 10 bodies were discovered and removed from the wreck. "Erg"s sinking was and still is considered one of the worst accidents to have taken place in the