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Lituya Bay is a fjord located on the Fairweather Fault in the northeastern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is a T-shaped bay with a width of 2 miles (3 km) and a length of 7 miles (11 km). [8] Lituya Bay is an ice-scoured tidal inlet with a maximum depth of 722 feet (220 m). The narrow entrance of the bay has a depth of only 33 feet (10 m). [8]
Lituya Bay (/ l ɪ ˈ tj uː j ə /; Tlingit: Ltu.aa, [1] meaning 'lake within the point') [2] is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of 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 noted in 1786 by Jean-François de Lapérouse, who named it Port des Français ...
A study of Lituya Bay in 1953 concluded that sometime around 1874, perhaps in May 1874, another megatsunami occurred in Lituya Bay in Alaska. Probably occurring because of a large landslide on the south shore of the bay in the Mudslide Creek Valley, the wave had a maximum run-up height of 24 metres (80 ft), flooding the coast of the bay up to ...
This page showcases a list of films produced and/or distributed by Republic Pictures, an American film distribution label owned by Paramount Global that previously used to be an independent film production and distribution company with studio facilities.
This is a list of films released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on home video, DVD, and Blu-ray. Formed as the result of a split between Video Treasures and Starmaker Entertainment in 1995, Anchor Bay began releasing films on VHS and DVD in 1997, and has since built a catalog of over 300 releases.
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5 people were killed in the 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami. Some homes were destroyed with costs being around $100,000 (1958 rate). 5: 11 [110] [111]
1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami; N. March 18–22, 1958, nor'easter; T. Tornado outbreak of June 3–4, 1958