利图亚湾的人类记录到的最高的海啸
1958年7月8日，这里发生了人类记录到的史上最高的海啸，达令人难以置信的524米高 。此次海啸是由山泥倾泻引起的。一场地震导致了该湾的南岸产生
山体滑坡，大量的固体倾泻进海产生了巨大的浪。巨浪毁坏了三艘渔船并造成二人死亡，也有一对父子侥幸生还。但当巨浪甫出外海，便迅速消失了。此次海啸是科学家首次有确凿的证据来证实预想中的“超级海啸（ megatsunamis）”的存在，对相关研究具有非比寻常的意义。立图亚湾现是美国的冰川海湾国家公园和自然保护区。
Lituya Bay is a fjord located at 58.633, -137.567 in 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 discovered in 1786 by Jean-François de La Pérouse, who named it Port des Français. 21 of his men perished in the tidal current in the bay.
The smaller Cascade and Crillon glaciers and the larger Lituya Glacier all spill into Lituya Bay. The bay is famous for its extremely high tides. The entrance of the bay is very narrow, and the tides going into and out of the bay through the entrance also cause very treacherous currents.
The same topography that leads to the heavy tidal currents also created the highest tsunami wave ever recorded anywhere in the world. An earthquake caused a landslide in Crillon Inlet at the head of the bay on July 10, 1958, generating a monstrous megatsunami 524 m (1,720 ft) high, which stripped trees and soil from the opposite headland and consumed the entire bay, destroying three fishing boats anchored there and killing four people. By the time the wave reached the open sea, however, it dissipated quickly. This incident was the first direct evidence and eyewitness report of the existence of megatsunamis.
Lituya Bay is a part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
