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2 unusual facts about Lituya


Lituya

MV Lituya, shuttle ferry for the Alaska Marine Highway System

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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.

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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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