[1] The tidal whirlpool system known as Moskstraumen, one of the strongest in the world, is located between Moskenesøya's Lofoten Point and the island of Mosken.

The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak being the 1,029-metre-tall (3,376 ft) Hermannsdalstinden mountain.

Flakstad Municipality, on the northern part of the island, has several small villages including Fredvang, Selfjord, and Krystad.

As a result, two German radio transmitters were destroyed and several small boats were captured or sunk.

Importantly an operational Enigma coding machine was obtained from one of the sunken German patrol ships.