Aerial view of Lituya Bay from point off entrance, showing 1958 wave damage. Mt. Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1958.
Dates
Date Taken
1958-08-29
Summary
Album caption: Aerial view of Lituya Bay from point off entrance; showing 1958 wave damage. Mt. Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. August 29, 1958. Index card: View of Lituya Bay. A giant wave generated on July 9, 1958, by a rockslide from the cliff at the head of the bay destroyed the forest over the light areas to a maximum altitude of 1,720 feet and to a maximum distance of 3,600 feet in from high-tide shore line at Fish Lake. A fishing boat anchored in the cove was carried over the spit in the foreground; a boat underway near the entrance was sunk and a third boat, anchored, rode out the wave. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. Published as Plate 3-B in [...]
Summary
Album caption: Aerial view of Lituya Bay from point off entrance; showing 1958 wave damage. Mt. Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. August 29, 1958.
Index card: View of Lituya Bay. A giant wave generated on July 9, 1958, by a rockslide from the cliff at the head of the bay destroyed the forest over the light areas to a maximum altitude of 1,720 feet and to a maximum distance of 3,600 feet in from high-tide shore line at Fish Lake. A fishing boat anchored in the cove was carried over the spit in the foreground; a boat underway near the entrance was sunk and a third boat, anchored, rode out the wave. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska.
Published as Plate 3-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 354-C. 1960; Figure 29 in U.S. Geological Survey. Circular 690. 1979.
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