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Moskstraumen


  • Vicinity: Btw Lofoten Point (Lofotodden) of Moskenesoya (Moskenes municipality) and Vaeroy, Mosken Island, Norwegian Sea, Lofoten archipelago
  • Type: Whirlpool, Maelstrom
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Marine Feature

The Moskstraumen is a system of tidal whirlpools made infamous by Jules Verne and Edgar Allen Poe. - AsNotedIn


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Particulars for Moskstraumen:
Sight Category Marine Feature
Historic Use Natural Feature
Marine feature Whirlpool, Maelstrom



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (book) Novel Jules Verne
A Descent into the Maelstrom (short story) Short Story
Edgar Allan Poe This, can be nothing else than the great whirlpool of the Maelstrom. We Norwegians call it the Moskoe-strom, from the island of Moskoe in the midway.

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