Type Tidewater glacier Status Retreating | Terminus Ocean (Lituya Bay) Length 17,703 m | |
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Location Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, U.S. Similar Lituya Bay, Brady Glacier, Riggs Glacier, Mount Fairweather, Chenega Glacier | ||
Lituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at 58°43′25″N 137°29′33″W 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.
Map of Lituya Glacier, Alaska 99826, USA
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.
References
Lituya Glacier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA