- The
Moskstraumen or
Moskenstraumen is a
system of
tidal eddies and whirlpools, one of the
strongest in the world, that
forms at the
Lofoten archipelago...
- the
islands of Værøya to the
south and Moskenesøya to the north. The
Moskenstraumen maelstrom—one of the most
powerful in the world—is
located on the north...
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outside Bodø in Norway,
which reaches speeds of 37 km/h (23 mph), the
Moskenstraumen off the
Lofoten islands in
Norway (the
original maelstrom) reaching...
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story "A
Descent into the Maelström" (1841)
describing the
Moskenstraumen. The
Moskenstraumen is
created as a
result of a
combination of
several factors...
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Nautilus has
seemingly blundered into the ocean's
deadliest whirlpool, the
Moskenstraumen (more
commonly known as the "Maelstrom"). Nevertheless, they manage...
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spiral were
chosen to
represent vortexes or whirlpools, such as the
Moskenstraumen,
which appear in the
channel just
south of the
island of Moskenesøya...
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Norse word rǫst
which means "maelstrom",
likely referring to the
nearby Moskenstraumen. The coat of arms was
granted on 28
November 1986. The
official blazon...
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Arctic Norway in 1980
including the dual
crossing of the
Maelstrom (
Moskenstraumen) the
largest whirlpool area in the world. The
Scottish Maritime Museum...
- from s****.
Saltstraumen whirlpool is just south-east of Bodø, and
Moskenstraumen is
located in
southern Lofoten.
Steep mountains near the sea and an...
- and
Danish editions.
Ramus also
wrote about the
famous Maelstrom at
Moskenstraumen. His work was read by
Edgar Allan Poe and
featured in his
short story...
