Lituya Bay is a fjord located at 58°38′N, 137°34′W in 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 discovered in 1786 by Jean-François de La Pérouse, who named it Port des Français. 21 of his men perished in the tidal current in the bay. Fjord in Sunnmøre, Norway Fjords are very long inlets from the sea with high steeply sloped walled sides. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... Official language(s) English[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lapérouse by François Rude (1784-1855), in 1828 Lapérouse Jean François Galaup, count (comte) de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741 - 1788) was a French naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania. ...

The smaller Cascade and Crillon glaciers and the larger Lituya Glacier all spill into Lituya Bay. The bay is famous for its extremely high tides. The entrance of the bay is very narrow, and the tides going into and out of the bay through the entrance also cause very treacherous currents. The Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier feeding into Lituya Bay on the gulf coast of the Alaskan Panhandle and sourced in the Fairweather Range. ... This article is about tides in the Earths oceans. ... A current is a movement or flow of fluids, especially water in a river or ocean. ...

The same topography that leads to the heavy tidal currents also created the highest tsunami wave ever recorded anywhere in the world. An earthquake caused a landslide in Crillon Inlet at the head of the bay on July 10, 1954, generating a monstrous megatsunami 524 m (1,742 ft) high, which stripped trees and soil from the opposite headland and consumed the entire bay, destroying three fishing boats anchored there and killing four people. By the time the wave reached the open sea, however, it dissipated quickly. This incident was the first direct evidence and eyewitness report of the existence of megatsunamis.^[1] For other uses, see Tsunami (disambiguation). ... An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... Landslide of soil and regolith in Pakistan A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Megatsunami (often hyphenated as mega-tsunami, also known as iminami or “wave of purification”) is an informal term used mostly by popular media and popular scientific societies to describe a very large tsunami wave beyond the typical size reached by most tsunamis (usually around 10 metres). ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... Megatsunami (often hyphenated as mega-tsunami, also known as iminami or “wave of purification”) is an informal term used mostly by popular media and popular scientific societies to describe a very large tsunami wave beyond the typical size reached by most tsunamis (usually around 10 metres). ...

Lituya Bay is a part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925. ...

References

• Guinness World Records Ltd. (2005). Guinness World Records 2006: 84.
• Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction. Horizon. BBC Two 12 October 2000

1. ^ Don J. Miller, Giant Waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska

External links

• Photos of damage from the 1958 tsunami
• Map of the bay
• Eyewitness reports of the tsunami
• History of Lituya Bay, Tsunami and Laperouse (in French)

Coordinates: 58°38′N, 137°34′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...