Mosken is a small uninhabited rocky island in
Værøy Municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. The island is located in the
Lofoten archipelago about halfway between the islands of
Værøya to the south and
Moskenesøya to the north. The
Moskenstraumen maelstrom—one of the most powerful in the world—is located on the north side of the island of Mosken.
Historically, the island was used for grazing sheep in both the summer and the winter.
Media gallery
DSC00087mosken.JPG, Mosken with Moskenesøya in the background
Moskstraumen.jpg, Moskenstraumen with Mosken and Værøy in the background and Moskenesøy to the right
Mosken fra sjoen.jpg, View of Mosken, seen from the sea
Mosken.jpg, View of Mosken from Værøy, looking north
See also
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List of islands of Norway
References
Lofoten
Værøy
Islands of Nordland
Uninhabited islands of Norway
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