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2 unusual facts about Lituya


Lituya

MV Lituya, shuttle ferry for the Alaska Marine Highway System

Lituya Mountain, peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, the United States


Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures

He died trying to negotiate the passage of the bay of Lituya.

Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures (3 January 1751, Alençon – 13 July 1786, Baie des Français, Lituya, Alaska) was a French navigator and explorer and a member of the La Pérouse expedition (1 August 1785 to 13 July 1786) and of the Académie de Marine.


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