Fjord on the southeast coast of Alaska, United States
Lituya Bay
Oblique aerial photograph of Lituya Bay in the summer of 1958. Damage from the 1958 megatsunami appears as the lighter-colored areas on the shores where trees have been stripped away.
Lituya Bay (/lɪˈtjuːjə/; Tlingit: Ltu.aa,[1] meaning 'lake within the point')[2] is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 14.5 km (9 mi) long and 3.2 km (2 mi) wide at its widest point. The bay was noted in 1786 by Jean-François de Lapérouse, who named it Port des Français. Twenty-one of his men perished in the tidal current in the bay.
^Teben'kov, M.D.; Translated by R.A. Pierce (1981) [1852], Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: From Beering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands with Several Sheets on the Northeast Coast of Asia, Kingston, Ontario: Limestone Press, p. 27, ISBN 0-919642-55-1. Spelled L'tua in translation of Tebenkov's log.
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Emmons, G. T. (1 April 1911). "Native Account of the Meeting between La Perouse and the Tlingit". American Anthropologist. 13 (2): 294–98. doi:10.1525/aa.1911.13.2.02a00080. JSTOR 659650.
LituyaBay (/lɪˈtjuːjə/; Tlingit: Ltu.aa, meaning 'lake within the point') is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of the U.S. state of...
The 1958 LituyaBay earthquake occurred on July 9, 1958 at 22:15:58 PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme)...
associated with the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (volcanic eruption), the 1958 LituyaBay megatsunami (a landslide which caused an initial wave of 524 metres (1...
Lituya may refer to: LituyaBay, in Alaska, the United States Lituya Mountain, peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, the United States Lituya Glacier...
Pacific coast at Cape Fairweather. The Lituya Glacier flows from the south side of the mountain into LituyaBay on the Pacific coast. Though not exceptional...
extensive and best gold placer deposits...are in the beach sands near LituyaBay." Mining of these sands started in 1894, employing up to 200 men by 1896...
other possible causes. The tsunami with the highest run-up was the 1958 LituyaBay megatsunami, which had a record height of 524 m (1,719 ft). The only other...
MV Lituya is a shuttle ferry operated by the Alaska Marine Highway System. Her route connects Metlakatla on Annette Island to Ketchikan. The state of Alaska...
absorb. Their existence was confirmed in 1958, when a giant landslide in LituyaBay, Alaska, caused the highest wave ever recorded, which had a height of...
James Harrison came up with the band name; naming it after the 1958 LituyaBay earthquake and megatsunami that swallowed one of Alaska’s gulfs. Oceans...
1958 earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and led to a major landslide in LituyaBay, Alaska. This resulted in a 1,720-foot (524-meter) tsunami that crashed...
weather delayed them rounding Cape Fairweather until April 17. They reached LituyaBay and unloaded their supplies on the beach. Backtracking 21 kilometres (13 mi)...
two largest connected bodies of water. It includes Yakutat Bay and Cross Sound. LituyaBay (a fjord north of Cross Sound, and south of Mount Fairweather)...
-137.49250 inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, its source is in the Fairweather Range and it feeds into LituyaBay on the gulf coast of Southeast...
Pararas-Carayannis, George (1999). "The Mega-Tsunami of July 9, 1958 in LituyaBay, Alaska, Analysis of Mechanism". Archived from the original on July 2...
floods, volcanic activity, or tsunamis. Steven Dutch, Giant Waves in LituyaBay, Alaska Archived 2007-06-16 at the Wayback Machine USGS PP 354-C v t e...
the waves strike with sufficient energy. The tsunami that occurred in LituyaBay, Alaska on July 9, 1958 was 520 m (1,710 ft) high and is the biggest tsunami...
Disenchantment Bay Eschscholtz Bay Funter Bay Glacier Bay Goodhope Bay Hazen Bay Holtz Bay Kachemak Bay Kamishak Bay Kuskokwim Bay Kvichak Bay LeConte BayLituya Bay...
usually hundreds of meters high. In 1958, one such tsunami occurred in LituyaBay in Alaska. Landslide hazard analysis and mapping can provide useful information...
– The Ifni War ends in Spanish Sahara.[citation needed] July 9 – 1958 LituyaBay megatsunami: A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes...
mainland of Alaska, between what was then known as Cross Sound and LituyaBay. USS Astrolabe Bay (ACV-60), was an auxiliary aircraft carrier, laid down on 5...
signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law. July 9 – 1958 LituyaBay megatsunami: A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes...
historically recorded examples include the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake, the 1958 LituyaBay tsunami, numerous tsunamis at Stromboli including a 2002 tsunami that...
2004 Boxing Day tsunami, or by landslides such as the one in 1958 at LituyaBay, Alaska, or by volcanic eruptions such as the ancient eruption of Santorini...
800 Canada and Alaska Dextral Active 1949 Graham Island (M8.1), 1958 LituyaBay (M7.8), 2012 Haida Gwaii (M7.8) Pyramid Lake Fault Zone Nevada, United...
County Mon Louis Montrose Semmes La Chaussée Spit at the entrance of LituyaBay. Named originally in charts prepared by French explorer Jean-François...
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