How tall was the Lituya Bay tsunami wave?
524 mAbout 1,719 ft · Building-sized
It ran 524 m up a hillside in Alaska in 1958, the highest wave ever recorded.
A red kangaroo would need about 66 hops (8 m each) to cover it.
🌊524 m
🏊an Olympic pool
To scale: the Lituya Bay wave is about 10× bigger than an Olympic pool.
Things about the same size
- How tall is the Empire State Building, to the tip?443 m
- How tall are the Petronas Towers?452 m
- How tall is Landmark 81?461.2 m
- How long is the Brooklyn Bridge's main span?486.3 m
- How long is the Sydney Harbour Bridge's arch?503 m
- How tall is Taipei 101?508 m
- How tall is One World Trade Center?541 m
- How tall is the CN Tower in Toronto?553 m
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].