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Driftwood Bay, Umnak Island, Alaska

Detailed Description

In the Fox Islands of Alaska, Driftwood Bay on Umnak Island faces the deep-sea trench formed by the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone. Geological clues to a history of eight Aleutian tsunamis in the past 2,000 years lie beneath the coastal lowlands of Driftwood Bay. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EO220464.

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Public Domain.

Photo taken by Rob Witter, U.S. Geological Survey