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Kayak Taan Fjord (Tyndall Glacier), Alaska
Taan Fjord is located in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve and exits into Icy Bay. Tyndall Glacier feeds into the fjord.
In 2015 a steep mountainside in ths remote fjord gave way and drops 200 million tons of rock into deep glacial water in 60 seconds. The displaced water generated a wave that sheared alders more than 500 feet up on a hillside across from the slide.
Unlike during the Lituya Bay tsunami -- during which three anchored boats were sunk by or rode atop a 100-foot wall of water -- no fisherman were in Taan Bay at the time of the slide.
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