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This list of rogue waves compiles incidents of known and likely rogue waves – also known as ''freak waves'', ''monster waves'', ''killer waves'', and ''extreme waves''. These are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that occur in deep water, usually far out at sea, and are a threat even to large ships and ocean liners. == Background == Anecdotal evidence from mariners' testimonies and damages inflicted on ships have long suggested rogue waves occurred; however, their scientific measurement was only positively confirmed following measurements of the "Draupner wave", a rogue wave at the Draupner platform, in the North Sea on January 1, 1995. During this event, minor damage was inflicted on the platform, confirming that the reading was valid. In modern oceanography, rogue waves are defined not as the biggest possible waves at sea, but instead as extreme sized waves for a given sea state. It should be noted that many of these encounters are only reported in the media, and are not examples of open ocean rogue waves. Often a huge wave is loosely denoted as a ''rogue wave'', when it is not. Claims in the media are also commonly sensationalized. Freak waves have been cited in the media as a likely source of the sudden, inexplicable disappearance of many ocean-going vessels. However, although this is a credible explanation for unexplained losses, there is to date little clear evidence supporting this hypothesis nor any cases where the cause has been confirmed, and the claim is contradicted by information held by Lloyd's Register.〔()〕〔The story that "200 large ships lost to freak waves in the past two decades" was published in ''The Times'' (May 2006). The earliest reference seems to be in the press release by the European Space Agency (cited at the page bottom), and first quoted as "200 large ships of 600ft long or more in the past two decades sunk without trace". At the time the claim was made, there had only been 142 ships of that size lost at sea in the time frame, all with clear, known causes (source: (Lloyd's Register - Fairplay )). The main culprits were the Iranian and Iraqi air forces in the 1980s (See: Iran-Iraq war).〕 One of the very few cases in which evidence exists that ''may'' indicate a freak wave incident is the 1978 loss of the freighter ''München''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of rogue waves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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