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Lofoten (Norwegian, pronounced [ˈlùːfuːtn̩]; English pronunciation: / ˈ l oʊ f oʊ t ən, l oʊ ˈ f oʊ t ən /, LOH-foh-tən, loh-FOH-tən), Lufoahtta (), or Lufuohttá (Northern Sami) [1] is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway.
Bathymetry of the Nordic Seas, with iso depth contours and description of the main topographic features of the area. [5]The Lofoten Basin is a well-defined topographic depression of about 3250 m depth, situated between the Norwegian continental slope in the east, the Vøring Plateau and the Helgeland Ridge in the south and southwest, and the Mohn Ridge in the northwest. [6]
Moskstraumen is created as a result of a combination of several factors, including tides, strong local winds, position of the Lofoten and the underwater topography; unlike most other major maelstroms, such as Saltstraumen, Gulf of Corryvreckan, Naruto whirlpools, Old Sow whirlpool, and Skookumchuck Narrows, it is located in the open sea rather ...
The "fjord" lies between the Lofoten archipelago and the Salten district of mainland Norway. The term fjord (from the old Norse fjördr meaning firth or inlet) is used in a more general way for bodies of water in the western Scandinavian languages than the more narrow usage commonly used in English. [4] [5]
Å (Norwegian pronunciation:, from å meaning "stream") or Å i Lofoten (lit. ' Å in Lofoten ') [2] is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya, towards the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago.
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The Lofoten Declaration, drafted in August 2017, is an international manifesto calling for the end of hydrocarbon exploration and further expansion of fossil fuel reserves for climate change mitigation. It calls for fossil fuel divestment and phase-out of use with a just transition to a low-carbon economy.