The giant wave of Lituya Bay

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Aug 22, 2025   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Arm of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 miles southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles west of Glacier Bay, is the site of the largest splash wave ever recorded. In […]