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Definition of Williwaws

Williwaw
Williwaw Wil"li*waw, Willywaw Wil"ly*waw, n. (Naut.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. --W. C. Russell.

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- In meteorology, a williwaw (archaic spelling williwau) is a sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea. The word is of unknown...
- Williwaw is the debut novel of Gore Vidal, written when he was 19 and first mate of a U.S. Army supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands. The story...
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- Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. The name arose because williwaws appear to be characteristic in the vicinity of Moody Point and the nearby...
- Look up williwaw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A williwaw is a type of coastal wind. Williwaw may also refer to: Williwaw (novel), a 1946 novel...
- Mount Williwaw is a prominent 5,446-foot (1,660 m) mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Muni****lity in the U.S. state of Alaska...
- Alaska in North America, a wind known as a williwaw is a particular danger to harboring vessels. Williwaws originate in the snow and ice fields of the...
- local katabatic winds caused by the unique geography, called williwaws. As the williwaws blew against the starboard side of the vessel, the winds were...
- August 5, 1991 Palomar H. E. Holt EUT 5.0 km MPC · JPL 5445 Williwaw 1991 PA12 Williwaw August 7, 1991 Palomar H. E. Holt  · 8.8 km MPC · JPL 5446 Heyler...
- enormous tidal energy potential in the strait. The strait is prone to Williwaws, "a sudden violent, cold, katabatic gust of wind descending from a mountainous...