La Chaussee Spit

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La Chaussee Spit is a narrow gravel and sand formation that partially encloses Alaska’s Lituya Bay, helping to define its small, treacherous harbor.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
La Chaussee Spit canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal landform ⓘ
spit ⓘ
administrativeRegion Yakutat City and Borough ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami ⓘ
linked to: Lituya Glacier
bayType tsunami-prone bay ⓘ
coastType glaciated fjord coast ⓘ
composition gravel ⓘ
sand ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formedBy longshore drift ⓘ
marine processes ⓘ
wave action ⓘ
harborCharacter treacherous ⓘ
hazardContext dangerous navigation conditions ⓘ
strong currents at Lituya Bay entrance ⓘ
helpsDefine entrance to Lituya Bay ⓘ
harbor of Lituya Bay ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
Lituya Bay ⓘ
Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
locatedInProtectedArea Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ⓘ
locatedOn Pacific coast of Alaska ⓘ
nearbyFeature Fairweather Fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Fairweather Fault

Fairweather Range ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partiallyEncloses Lituya Bay ⓘ
partOf Lituya Bay harbor ⓘ
linked to: Lituya Bay
region Alaskan panhandle ⓘ
linked to: Panhandle of Alaska
shape narrow ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lituya Bay → entranceName → La Chaussee Spit ⓘ