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Maelstrom (whirlpool) A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( ). ''Vo ...

, a powerful whirlpool ** originally the

Moskstraumen Moskstraumen is a system of tidal eddies and whirlpools, one of the strongest in the world, that forms at the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway between the Norwegian Sea and the Vestfjorden. It is located between the Lofoten Point ...

in English

Amusement rides

Maelstrom (ride) Maelstrom was a reversing Shoot the Chute dark ride attraction located in the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, the ride opened on July 5, 1988, in the Norway Pavilion of the park' ...

, a former log flume dark ride attraction in the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida * Maelstrom, a spinning flat thrill ride at

Morey's Piers Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey. The park has been family owned and operated since 1969 and was run by second generation Morey Br ...

in Wildwood, New Jersey * Maelstrom, a gyro swing ride at

Drayton Manor Theme Park Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. It covers , of which about are in use, and hosts about 1.5 million people each y ...

, Staffordshire, UK

Characters

Maelstrom (comics) Maelstrom is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Maelstrom first appears in ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #71 (January 1981) and was created by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and Ron ...

, fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics * Maelstrom, a character from ''

Ice Age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages, and g ...

'' * Mael Strom, aka Yuki Yoshida, from the anime/manga ''

Is This a Zombie? , also known as for short, is a Japanese light novel series by Shinichi Kimura, with illustrations by Kobuichi and Muririn. Since January 2009, 19 volumes have been published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. There ...

'' * Professor Maelstrom, a fictional villain in the 2019 Netflix series ''

Carmen Sandiego ''Carmen Sandiego'' (sometimes referred to as ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'') is a media franchise based on a Carmen Sandiego (video game series), series of computer video games created by the American software company Broderbund. Whi ...

'' * Maelstrom, also known as ''Wazir Kale'', a character from '' Hitman 2''

Film and television

* ''Maelström'' (film), a 2000 Canadian film * ''Maelstrom'' (TV series), a 1985 BBC television drama serial * "Maelstrom" (''Battlestar Galactica'')

Games

* ''Maelstrom'' (1992 video game), an Apple Macintosh game * ''Maelstrom'' (role playing game), a role-playing game by Alexander Scott * ''Maelstrom'' (video game), a 2007 PC game * '' VOR: The Maelstrom'', a miniature wargame * ''Maelstrom'' (Live Action Roleplaying), a live action roleplaying game run 2004–2012 by

Profound Decisions Profound Decisions is a company running live action role-playing game A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their character (arts), characters.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) ...

* Maelstrom, a lightning-based hammer item in the video game "

Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve Corporation, Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created Mod (video gaming), mod for Blizzard Entertainment's ''War ...

" * Maelstrom, a gang in

Cyberpunk 2077 ''Cyberpunk 2077'' is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. Based on Mike Pondsmith's ''Cyberpunk (role-playing game), Cyberpunk'' tabletop game series, the plot is set in the fictional metrop ...

* Maelstrom, a huge whirlpool in the

Warcraft ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of six core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ...

game franchise

Literature

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A Descent into the Maelström "A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early f ...

'', an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe * ''Maelstrom'' (Timms novel), a novel by E.V. Timms * ''Maelstrom'', a 2001 novel by Peter Watts * ''Maelstrom'', a 2006 novel in the Petaybee universe by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough * ''Maelstrom'', a 2017 novel by

Yael Inokai Yael Inokai (born 1989 in Basel as Yael Pieren) is a Swiss writer. Biography Yael Inokai is the daughter of a Hungarian father and a German mother. From 2011 she studied philosophy in Basel and Vienna. From 2014, she studied screenwriting at t ...

* ''Maelstrom'' (Destroyermen novel), the third book of the Destroyermen series

Music

* ''Maelstrom'', an album by JR Ewing * ''Mælstrøm'', an album by the Belgian crust punk band Oathbreaker * "Descent into the Maelstrom", a song by the Australian band Radio Birdman on the album ''

Radios Appear ''Radios Appear'' is the first full-length studio album by Australian punk rock band Radio Birdman. The album was recorded at Birdman's Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, during 1976 and 1977. Trafalgar initially distributed the album via mail order an ...

'' * "Maelstrom", a song by The Steve Miller Band on the album ''

Living in the 20th Century ''Living in the 20th Century'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in November 1986, by Capitol Records. The song "I Want to Make the World Turn Around" spent six consecutive weeks at ...

'' * "Maelstrom", a composition by

Julian Cochran 200px, Julian Cochran in 1998 Julian Cochran (born 1974) is an English-born Australian composer. Cochran's earlier works show stylistic influences from Impressionist music and his later works are more noticeably influenced by Classical music a ...

* "The Maelstrom", a composition by Robert W. Smith * "Maelstrom 2010", a song by the Canadian melodic death metal band Kataklysm on the album ''

Temple of Knowledge ''Temple of Knowledge (Kataklysm Part III)'' is the second full-length by Kataklysm released in 1996 by Nuclear Blast. Each of the tracks on the original 9-song disc was part of a "trilogy/trinity"; thus, tracks 1-3 were "The Transenflamed Memori ...

'' * Maelstrom, a Boston-based thrash metal band active from the late 1980s to the early 1990s that released an LP on

Taang! Records Taang! Records is an independent record label with a roster of hardcore punk, punk rock, Oi!, power pop, ska, indie rock, psychedelic, and ambient artists and bands founded by Curtis Casella in Boston, Massachusetts in 1983. History Taang! ...

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