
QUICK FACTS
Name: Corryvreckan whirlpool
Location: Gulf of Corryvreckan, southwest Scotland
Coordinates: 56.15360092068021, -5.7071141358556945
Why it's incredible: The whirlpool is one of the largest in the world and nearly drowned author George Orwell.
The Corryvreckan whirlpool is a fierce, circular current between the Scottish isles of Jura and Scarba. Nicknamed the "raging cauldron," it almost killed George Orwell and his son Richard in 1947.