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MAELSTROM (whirlpool)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAELSTROM (whirlpool) , a See also:term originally applied to a strong current See also:running past the See also:south end of the See also:island of Moskenaes, a member of the See also:group of Lofoten Islands on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Norway. It is known also as the Moskenstrom. Though dangerous in certain states of See also:wind and See also:tide, the tales of See also: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 See also:Mercator's See also:Atlas of 1595.

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