Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Bay of Biscay (/ ˈ b ɪ s k eɪ,-k i / BISS-kay, -kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward to Cape Ortegal .
Brittany Ferries' MV Pont-Aven was struck by a wave estimated at between 40 and 50 feet (12 and 15 m) in height during a Force 9 gale in the Bay of Biscay on 21 May 2006. On 1 February 2007, Holland America 's cruise ship MS Prinsendam was hit by two 12-meter (39 ft) tall rogue waves near Cape Horn .
A merchant ship in heavy seas as a large wave looms ahead, Bay of Biscay, c. 1940. Rogue waves (also known as freak waves or killer waves) are large and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses. [1]
The landslide is directed southwestward and induces a wave train, with the 80 cubic kilometres (19 cu mi) collapse having a maximum wave height of 80 metres (260 ft). [66] At El Hierro the tsunami can shoal and rise to a height of 100 metres (330 ft), while the wave train surrounds La Palma and continues eastward with a height of 20–30 metres ...
Significant wave height H 1/3, or H s or H sig, as determined in the time domain, directly from the time series of the surface elevation, is defined as the average height of that one-third of the N measured waves having the greatest heights: [5] / = = where H m represents the individual wave heights, sorted into descending order of height as m increases from 1 to N.
Gulf – a very large bay, often a top-level division of an ocean or sea; Fjord – a long bay with steep sides, typically formed by a glacier; Bight – a bay that is typically shallower than a sound; Sound – a large, wide bay which is typically deeper than a bight, or a strait; Cove – a small, typically sheltered bay with a relatively ...
Carol Lake feared for worst when Spirit of Discovery ship was hit by storm in Bay of Biscay Terrified cruise passenger feared she would die in ‘horror’ storm – so she turned on Strictly Skip ...
The loss of sand caused the character of the wave to change drastically, with the wave breaking over a smaller area, Closing out, or not breaking at all. [3] Mundaka, which had received an average of 10,000 visitors for the event, lost an important attraction and the regional economy suffered.