Moskstraumen

Moskstraumen is a system of tidal eddies and whirlpools, one of the strongest in the world, that forms at the archipelago in county, between the Norwegian Sea and the Vestfjorden.
  • Type: Marine channel
  • Description: tidal whirlpool system at the Lofoten archipelago in Norway
  • Also known as: Maelström”, “Mahlstrom”, “Malstrom”, and “Malström

Moskstraumen

Latitude
67.8° or 67° 48′ north
Longitude
12.83333° or 12° 50′ east
Open location code
9FVJRR2M+28
Geo­Names ID
3145380
Wiki­data ID
Q1501474
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Moskstraumen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Maelstrom itsaslasterra
  • Belarusian: Маскстрэумен
  • Cebuano: Moskenstraumen
  • Chinese: 默斯肯漩涡
  • Czech: Malstróm
  • Czech: Malström
  • Czech: Moskenstraumen
  • Danish: Moskstraumen
  • Dutch: Maalstroom
  • Dutch: Moskenstraumen
  • Dutch: Moskstraumen
  • Estonian: Maelström
  • French: Maelström
  • French: Malstrom
  • French: Moskstraumen
  • German: Mahlstrom
  • German: Malstrom
  • German: Moskenesstraumen
  • German: Moskenstraumen
  • Icelandic: Moskeyjarröst
  • Italian: Maelstrom
  • Italian: Maelström
  • Italian: Moskstraumen
  • Korean: 모스크스트라우멘
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Moskenesstraumen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Moskenstraumen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Moskstraumen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Moskenesstraumen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Moskenstraumen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Moskstraumen
  • Norwegian: Moskstraumen
  • Polish: Maelstrom
  • Polish: Malstrom
  • Russian: Мальстрём
  • Russian: Мальстрим
  • Russian: Москстрёумен
  • Spanish: Maelstrom
  • Spanish: Maelström
  • Spanish: Mosktraumen
  • Swedish: Moskenesstraumen
  • Swedish: Moskenesströmmen
  • Swedish: Moskenstraumen
  • Swedish: Moskenströmmen
  • Swedish: Moskstraumen
  • Ukrainian: Москенстреумен
  • Ukrainian: Москстреумен

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