Lituya Bay

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Lituya Bay is a remote fjord on the coast of Alaska, famous for the record-breaking megatsunami that occurred there in 1958.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lituya Bay canonical 8
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami 1
Lituya Bay harbor 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
fjord ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
accessibleBy aircraft ⓘ
boat ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
earthquakeFault Fairweather Fault ⓘ
earthquakeMagnitude about 7.8 ⓘ
entranceName La Chaussee Spit ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 58.63°N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 137.57°W ⓘ
hasHazard dangerous entrance bar ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
tsunami risk ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent 1853 large wave event ⓘ
1936 large wave event ⓘ
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami ⓘ
linked to: Lituya Bay
hasInflow Cascade Glacier ⓘ
Crillon Glacier ⓘ
Gilman Glacier ⓘ
Lituya Glacier ⓘ
North Crillon Glacier ⓘ
linked to: Crillon Glacier
hasLength approximately 14.5 kilometers ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 220 meters ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Tlingit language ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit
hasNarrowEntrance yes ⓘ
hasOutflow Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasPhotographicDocumentation post-1958 wave damage ⓘ
hasRecordedWaveRunupHeight about 524 meters ⓘ
hasType tide-dominated fjord ⓘ
hasVegetationImpactFrom1958Wave forest stripped to high elevation ⓘ
hasWidth approximately 3.2 kilometers at its widest ⓘ
isExampleOf landslide-generated megatsunami site ⓘ
isImportantFor landslide-generated wave studies ⓘ
tsunami research ⓘ
isKnownFor 1958 megatsunami ⓘ
record-breaking wave run-up height ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
locatedInProtectedArea Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Fairweather Range ⓘ
megatsunamiCause massive rockslide ⓘ
megatsunamiDate 9 July 1958 ⓘ
megatsunamiTrigger earthquake ⓘ
nearestCommunity Yakutat ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

M/V Lituya → namedAfter → Lituya Bay ⓘ
Lituya Bay → hasHistoricalEvent → 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami ⓘ
linked to: Lituya Bay
La Chaussee Spit → locatedIn → Lituya Bay ⓘ
La Chaussee Spit → partOf → Lituya Bay harbor ⓘ
linked to: Lituya Bay
Lituya Glacier → feeds → Lituya Bay ⓘ
Lituya Glacier → terminatesIn → Lituya Bay ⓘ
Lituya Glacier → hasMouthIn → Lituya Bay ⓘ
Lituya Glacier → near → Lituya Bay ⓘ
Lituya Glacier → namedAfter → Lituya Bay ⓘ