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An area (could be an abandoned harbor, a Lagrange point or the bottom of an ocean) which contains a number of craft (space, sea or otherwise) in varying states of disrepair. It might be just a few sunken ships lying near each other on the ocean floor, it might be a giant conglomeration of space derelicts rammed together in horrible ways over thousands of years. The crews of all these vessels long ago died or abandoned their ships... probably.
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* The film ''[[Real Steel]]'' features one. Charlie and Max break into a robot junkyard to find parts to build a new robot boxer. After a near-death experience, Max discovers the film's robot protagonist, Atom, buried in the mud.
* In the opening scene of ''[[Deep Rising]]'', before we switch to the main plot the creatures are seen travelling through a deep sea ship graveyard, some of them hundreds of years old, ''all of which they presumably attacked, ate all the people on it, and sank the ships afterwards''. There are even the remains of whale skeletons besides the derelict ships.
* The planet Jakku in [[The Force Awakens]] was originally a desert planet until it an offscreen battle between the New Republic and what remained of the Galactic Empire littered a section of the planet with the wreckage of several Imperial Star Destroyers. And by the film's events, it also attracted a colony of scavengers.
== Literature ==
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* In the [[Backstory]] of [[David Brin]]'s ''Startide Rising'', a Terran starship discovers a fleet of derelict [[Precursors|Progenitor]] ships and unleashes a galaxies-wide holy war.
* Old [[World War I]] transports that were left abandoned form the production headquarters for one group of drug dealers, in [[Tom Clancy]]'s ''Without Remorse'', a [[Prequel]] in the [[Jack Ryan]] series.
** "Bronco", in ''Clear and Present Danger'', speculates that the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121008025446/http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDescription.asp Boneyard] in Arizona is where the a captured druggie DC-7B will eventually be dumped, given that one more old aircraft in storage there won't be particularly noteworthy.
* The [[Redwall]] book ''The Bellmaker'' has a Derelict Graveyard of old wooden ships, which the heroes cannibalize for parts.
* The Nartec city in'' [[Animorphs]]'' #36 is built from wrecks recovered from the seabed.
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* ''[[Starfleet Adventures]]'', a ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]''-based [[Game Mod|fan conversion]] for ''[[Escape Velocity|EV Nova]]'', has one of these in the system Surplus Depot Z15.
* In the ''[[X Universe]]'', the sector President's End has about a dozen burned out capital ships and space stations floating around, leftovers from a Kha'ak attack.
* As fitting for a ''[[GeGeGe no Kitaro]]'' reference, Gerogero no Kitako's first course in ''[[Battle Golfer Yui]]'' is a graveyard. If a golf ball hits a grave here, spirits pop out.
== Western Animation ==
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** Also the hurricanes and other storms which regularly sweep through the area.
** Bikini Atoll was the site of [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Operation_Crossroads several atomic bomb tests] involving a "fleet" of derelict ships, many of which now lie in shallow waters on the bottom.
* Collections of semi-functional machines are maintained for all sorts of reasons, such as the US Military's "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121008025446/http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDescription.asp Boneyard]".
** Or the Mothball Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.
* Some Russian naval ports are a bit like this, with rusting subs and ships waiting for disposal. Word of advice- some of the subs may be radioactive.
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