Rogue wave
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Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that occur far out at sea, and are a threat even to large ships and ocean liners.
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See also
- Oceanography, currents and regions
- Antarctic Circumpolar Current
- Agulhas Current
- Bermuda Triangle
- Gulf Stream
- Kuroshio Current
- Ocean current
- Ocean surface wave
- Wave–current interaction
- Waves
- Extreme value theory
- Clapotis
- Sneaker wave
- Soliton (and especially, Peregrine soliton)
- White squall
- Resonance
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