Destruction of forest by giant waves, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region. 1936.
Dates
Date Taken
1936
Summary
Album caption and index card: Destruction of forest by 1936 giant waves; destruction to an altitude of about 90 feet at head of Lituya Bay, half a mile northwest of Cascade Glacier. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1936. (Photo by Tom Smith. Permission obtained for publication by U.S. Geological Survey). Published as Plate 9-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 354-C. 1960.
Summary
Album caption and index card: Destruction of forest by 1936 giant waves; destruction to an altitude of about 90 feet at head of Lituya Bay, half a mile northwest of Cascade Glacier. Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Lituya district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1936. (Photo by Tom Smith. Permission obtained for publication by U.S. Geological Survey).
Published as Plate 9-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 354-C. 1960.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Photographic Collection, Miller, D.J. Collection.
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