Drone footage from September 22 shows a Turkish-owned cargo ship that has run aground near a Bulgarian nature reserve on the Black sea coast.

The 83-metre-long vessel VERA SU hit the rocks near the popular park in Bulgaria.

According to Maritime.bg, watchkeeping officers on the ship were asleep when the vessel hit the rocks.

The ship that is carrying fertilizers has been stranded for two days. Officials fear the risk of environmental pollution if a salvage operation doesn't go to plan.

The 83-meter-long vessel VERA SU hit the rocks near the nature reserve Yailata on the Bulgarian Black sea coast.

The watchkeeping officers on the Turkish-owned cargo ship were asleep when the Panama flagged vessel hits the rocks, according to the first initial reports from the Bulgarian authorities.

The ship has been trapped on the rocks for two days now.

Authorities are still considering options for a salvation operation.

The ship is transporting fertilizers.

There is a risk of environmental pollution due to errors in a future salvage operation.

Hundreds of citizens and tourists visit the place every day to take pictures with the ship.

The national archaeological reserve ‘Yailata’ is situated 2 km away from Kamen bryag in south and 18 km away from Kavarna in north-eastern. It is a seaside ledge covering 300 decares (45, 3 hectares) and is detached from the sea by 50-60 meters high rock massifs. There is a cave ‘city’ of 101 ‘apartments’, settled as far back as V century B.C.

Three necropolises (family tombs) out of III- IV century have been hollowed out in the rocks. Necropolis №1 has come onto being near a whittled down sanctuary, facing the rising sun.

A little early- Byzantine stronghold is situated in the northern part of ‘The Big Yaila’. It is built in the late V century. One tower- gate and four towers are partially preserved.

There are also a sanctuary, sacrificial stones, and wineries, four dug into tombs, which have been reserved since the Antiquity.

During the middle Ages, the caves have been used as a monastery complex. There are some proto- Bulgarian signs on their walls- runes, crosses and stone icons.

Yailata not only preserves significant and interesting cultural and historical monuments, but also presents a unique natural environment. The floral and fauna world here is various.

More than 178 bird species nestle here or stop for a while on their route to wintering along the African shore. In National Reserve Yailata are registered more than 270 species fauna.