Whirlpool

The Icelandic Whirlpool is a massive flow of water that spins around Iceland and plays an important role in creating the climate of the North Atlantic. Wilton may also be:. Tales like those by Paul the Deacon, Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe are wholly made up. Wilton is the name of one place in Zimbabwe:. There are virtually no stories of large ships ever being sucked into a whirlpool. Wilton is the name of a suburb of Wellington New Zealand. Powerful whirlpools have killed unlucky seafarers, but their power tends to be exaggerated in fiction. Wilton is the name of several places in the United States:.

The third strongest, Naruto whirlpool, has a speed of 20 km/h. Wilton is the name of one place in Scotland:. The Moskstraumen has been measured with a speed of the water current of up to 27.8 km/h, and the Old Sow has been measured with a speed of up to 27.7 km/h . Wilton is the name of several places in England:. The Moskstraumen (also known as the Maelstrom) off the Lofoten islands in Norway is generally considered the world's most powerful whirlpool, but some claim the Old Sow is stronger. Penelope Wilton (1946 - ), a British actor. The most powerful whirlpools are created in narrow shallow straits with fast flowing water. Joseph Wilton (1722 – 1803), an English sculptor.

In the case of powerful ones like Niagara Falls, these whirlpools can be quite potent. Earl of Wilton, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Smaller whirlpools also appear at the base of many waterfalls. Wilton culture, an archaeological culture from Africa. Very small whirlpools can easily be seen when a bath or a sink is draining, but these are produced in a very different manner from those in nature. Wilton, a village in the Mashonaland East province. (Technically, these approximate to a 'free vortex', in which the tangential velocity v increases as the centre line is approached, so that the angular momentum rv is constant). Wilton, a township in the state of Minnesota.

Vortex is the proper term for any whirlpool that has a downdraft. Wilton, a city in the state of Florida. More powerful ones are more properly termed maelstroms. Wilton, a town in the state of Wisconsin. The vast majority of whirlpools are not very powerful. Wilton, a village in the state of Wisconsin. In the 8th century, Paul the Deacon, who had lived among the Belgii, described tidal bores and the maelstrom for a Mediterranean audience, unused to such violent tidal surges:. Wilton, a city in the state of North Dakota.

In popular imagination, but only rarely in reality, they can have the dangerous effect of destroying boats. Wilton, a town in the state of New York. A whirlpool is a large, swirling body of water produced by ocean tides. Wilton, a town in the state of New Hampshire. the short lived whirlpool that sucked in Lake Peigneur in New Iberia, Louisiana after a drilling mishap. Wilton, a town (CDP) in the state of New Hampshire. Charybdis fictional from the Odyssey. Wilton, a city in the state of Minnesota.

Garofalo off the coast of Italy. Wilton, a town (CDP) in the state of Maine. Naruto whirlpool between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyogo, Japan. Wilton, a town in the state of Maine. Old Sow between New Brunswick and Maine. Wilton, a city in the state of Iowa. Saltstraumen in Norway. Wilton, a town in the state of Connecticut.

Moskstraumen (also known as the Maelstrom) off the coast of Norway. Wilton, a town in the state of California. Corryvreckan off the coast of Scotland. Wilton, a town in the state of Arkansas. Wilton, a town in the state of Alabama. Wilton, a place in the Scottish Borders.

Wilton Windmill, a windmill near Grafton in the county of Wiltshire. Wilton House, a stately home near Salisbury, Wiltshire. Wilton Abbey, a benedictine convent near Salisbury, Wiltshire. Wilton, a hamlet within Grafton parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Wilton, a town near Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire. Wilton, a place in the county of Redcar and Cleveland. Wilton, a place in the county of North Yorkshire. Wilton, a place in the county of Cumbria.