# Canonical recap data for Doggerland Tsunamis & Storegga Slide (8200)
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slug: storegga-slide
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/8200/storegga-slide"
title: Doggerland Tsunamis & Storegga Slide
subtitle: Catastrophic submarine landslide in the North Sea triggered tsunamis that submerged the fertile Doggerland peninsula, displacing Mesolithic hunter-gatherer populations.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 8200-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 8200
decade: 8200
summaryShort: The three Storegga Slides are amongst the largest known submarine landslides. They occurred at the edge of Norway's continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 6225–6170 BCE. The collapse involved an estimated 290 km (180 mi) length of coastal shelf, with a total volume of 3,500 km3 (840 cu mi) of debris, whi
summaryLong: The three Storegga Slides are amongst the largest known submarine landslides. They occurred at the edge of Norway's continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 6225–6170 BCE. The collapse involved an estimated 290 km (180 mi) length of coastal shelf, with a total volume of 3,500 km3 (840 cu mi) of debris, which caused a paleotsunami in the North Atlantic Ocean.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/StoreggaFLCommonsZone.jpg/1280px-StoreggaFLCommonsZone.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Storegga Slide"
importance: 70
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide"
  title: Storegga Slide
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: The three Storegga Slides are amongst the largest known submarine landslides. They occurred at the edge of Norway's continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea, appr
wikidataQid: Q1288535
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260513014616/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-13
  label: Storegga Slide
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide"
