A rogue wave is defined as 2.2 times higher than the waves around it, said Johannes Gemmrich, ... An extremely large wave hit the Draupner Oil rig platform off Norway in the North Sea.

At the time, the wave, called the Draupner wave, challenged all models that scientists had created. Dozens of other rogue waves have been recorded since then. Some have even occurred in lakes.

The first rogue wave recorded, known as “The Draupner Wave,” was measured in 1995 off the coast of Norway at 84 feet (25.6 meters) with surrounding waves of approximately 40 feet (12 meters ...

In 1995, a powerful rogue wave slammed into an offshore gas pipeline platform operated by Statoil in the southern tip of Norway. Dubbed the "Draupner wave," it generated intense interest among ...

The Draupner wave was the first scientific evidence of a rare rogue or freak wave, which is a wave that appears suddenly and measures at least twice as tall as the surrounding waves.

The Ucluelet wave is not the largest rogue wave that has ever been discovered. The Draupner wave, for example, measured a much more considerable 84 feet (25.6 m) high.

A rogue wave crashed into the Viking Polaris cruise ship between Antarctica and Argentina. ... An extremely large wave hit the Draupner Oil rig platform off Norway in the North Sea.

The Draupner wave marked the first recorded measurement of a rogue wave. On January 1, 1995, an extraordinary event took place on the Draupner oil-drilling platform situated about 100 miles off ...

The largest rogue wave ever recorded was the Draupner wave, an 84-foot-tall (25.6 meters) wave that was observed near Norway in 1995. However, ...

Long reported only anecdotally by sailors, in 1995 a wave measuring 25.6 meters high (84 ft) struck the North Sea Draupner gas platform off the coast of Norway and was verified by a laser ...