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Giant Inland Boulder a Remnant of Ancient Tsunami
A massive 1,200-ton boulder stranded far inland in Tonga has been revealed as one of the world's largest wave-transported ...
Hidden inland boulder is proof of massive tsunami that hit Tonga 7,000 years ago
In order to move the “exceptional” and massive rock, the tsunami was likely around 164-feet tall — the height of the Arc de Triomphe.
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Scientists discover that a boulder weighing 2,645,547 pounds was washed inland by an enormous tsunami
A massive, cliff-top boulder in Tonga reveals a 7,000-year-old mega tsunami, offering new insights for coastal hazard ...
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A 164-Foot Tsunami Pushed This Enormous Boulder Atop a Cliff in Tonga 7,000 Years Ago
The hulking rock, called Maka Lahi, is the size of a two-story house and sits on a 120-foot-tall cliff, covered in vegetation ...
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Biggest Wave Lifted a 1200-Tonne Boulder to a Cliff Top 7000 Years Ago, the Third Largest Boulder in the World
Biggest Wave Lifted a 1200-Tonne Boulder to a Cliff Top 7000 Years Ago, the Third Largest Boulder in the World In the remote ...
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There's a humongous boulder on a cliff in Tonga. Now we know how it got there.
A massive boulder named Maka Lahi was recently found about 650 feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga, and researchers believe that it may have been deposited by a tsunami around 7,000 years ago.