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Sources of the Maelstrom

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The Lofoten Maelstrom on the northern coast of Norway has been renowned for centuries for its strength and dangerous whirlpools. We now complete a previous review1 of the historic literature about the Maelstrom and present results of simulations describing the large-scale dynamics of this remarkable phenomenon.

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Figure 1: Modelled sea-level amplitudeand phase for the dominant semi-diurnal tidal component (M2).
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Figure 2: Maximum depth mean current for M2in the area southwest of Lofotodden (L) with Værøy (V) and Røst (R).
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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    B. Gjevik, H. Moe & A. Ommundsen

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Gjevik, B., Moe, H. & Ommundsen, A. Sources of the Maelstrom. Nature 388, 837–838 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/42159

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