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The Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska: the largest recorded non-volcanic landslide in North America

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Date: 2016-01-02 11:39:01
Blog: The Landslide Blog
URL: http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2016/01/02/tyndall-glacier-landslide-1/

Summary:

In October 2015 the 72 million cubic metre Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska generated a significant tsunami that swept down the Taan Fjord.

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
AlaskaUS63.0365-149.106
GlacierUS63.7296-150.984
North America44.3308-109.755
TyndallUS42.9907-97.8633

Keywords:

Alaska, landslide report, metre Tyndall Glacier, non-volcanic landslide, North America, significant tsunami, Taan Fjord, Tyndall Glacier landslide

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