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Whirlpools (Maelstrøm) - Naruto whirlpools. On Wed. 17 Oct. 2001, during the ebb flow (current from Insland Sea to Pacific Ocean), a freighter became trapped in the vortices, its bow hit the rocks and the ship was grounded until the next high tide.

© Hubert Chanson, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia