Moskstraumen
Moskstraumen or Moskenstraumen, also known as the Lofoten maelstrom, is a system of tidal eddies and whirlpools, one of the strongest in the world, that forms at the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway between the Norwegian Sea and the Vestfjorden.
- Marine channel
- Description: tidal whirlpool system at the Lofoten archipelago in Norway
- Also known as“Maelström”“Mahlstrom”“Malström”
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- Location
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Latitude
67.8° or 67° 48′ north
Longitude
12.83333° or 12° 50′ east
Open location code
9FVJRR2M+28
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Moskstraumen” goes by many names.
Maelstrom itsaslasterraBasque
МаскстрэуменBelarusian
MoskenstraumenCebuano
莫斯肯漩涡Chinese
MalströmCzech
MoskenstraumenCzech
MoskstraumenDanish
MaalstroomDutch
MoskenstraumenDutch
MoskstraumenDutch
MaelströmEstonian
MoskeyjarröstIcelandic
MaelströmItalian
MoskstraumenItalian
모스크스트라우멘Korean
MoskstraumenNorwegian
MoskenesstraumenNorwegian Bokmål
MoskenstraumenNorwegian Bokmål
MoskstraumenNorwegian Bokmål
MoskenesstraumenNorwegian Nynorsk
MoskenstraumenNorwegian Nynorsk
MoskstraumenNorwegian Nynorsk
MaelstromPolish
MalstromPolish
МальстрёмRussian
МальстримRussian
МоскстрёуменRussian
MoskenesstraumenSwedish
MoskenesströmmenSwedish
MoskenstraumenSwedish
MoskenströmmenSwedish
MoskstraumenSwedish
МоскенстреуменUkrainian
МоскстреуменUkrainian
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