Corfu Slide

The Corfu Slide is a geologic feature located on the north slope of the Saddle Mountains near the Columbia river in eastern Washington. It covers aproximately 13 square kilometers and contains a volume of material of about 1 cubic kilometer. It is thought to have occurred 13,000 to 15,000 years ago as the result of undercutting which occurred during the Missoula Floods associated with the retreat of glaicers during the last ice age.

Geography

Location	Coordinates
Easterly portion of Saddle Mountains where Lower Crab Creek meets the mountians at the Corfu Slide. The slide runs toward the west.	46°49′00″N 119°22′30″W

References

The Corfu landslide: Analog to giant landslides on Mars. Lewis, S. W.; Baker, V. R. In NASA. Washington Rept. of Planetary Geology Program, 1983 p 230 (SEE N84-23431 13-91