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MAELSTROM (whirlpool)

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 298 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
MAELSTROM (whirlpool) , a
term
  originally applied to a strong current running past the
south
  end of the
island
  of Moskenaes, a member of the
group
  of Lofoten Islands on the west
coast
  of Norway. It is known also as the Moskenstrom. Though dangerous in certain states of wind and tide, the tales of
ships
  being swallowed in this whirlpool are fables. The word is probably of Dutch origin, from malen, to grind or whirl, and strom or stroom, a stream or current. It appears on
Mercator
 's
Atlas
  of 1595.


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