Lituya Glacier
58°43′25″N 137°29′33″W / 58.72361°N 137.49250°W / 58.72361; -137.49250Length 11 miles (18 km) Terminus Ocean (Lituya Bay) Status Retreating
Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at 58°43′25″N 137°29′33″W / 58.72361°N 137.49250°W / 58.72361; -137.49250 inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, its source is in the Fairweather Range and it feeds into Lituya Bay on the gulf coast of Southeast Alaska.
It is partially responsible for creating the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami. The glacier, which has receded over the years, carved Lituya Bay into a unique topographic phenomenon with steep walls, a very deep submerged bottom, and a very narrow entrance to the ocean which created the opportunity for a megatsunami to occur.
The glacier is also the namesake of the Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V Lituya.
See also
- List of glaciers
External links
Media related to Lituya Glacier at Wikimedia Commons- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lituya Glacier
- World's Biggest Tsunami: The largest recorded tsunami with a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska
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