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1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami

View on map:58.636940°N 137.573060°W

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You can see the results of the tsunami along the shore of the bay where trees were taken out are now growing back.

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Lituya Bay

Lituya Bay (/lɨˈtjjə/; Tlingit: Ltu.aa, meaning "No Lake Within") is a fjord located on the coast of the Southeast part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 14.5 km (9.0 mi) long and 3.2 km (2.0 mi) wide at its widest point. The bay was noted in 1786 by Jean-François de La Pérouse, who named it Port des Français. Twenty-one of his men perished in the tidal current in the bay.

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