Moskenes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality comprises the southern part of the island of Moskenes�ya in the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Reine. Other villages include S�rv�gen, Hamn�y, and �.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Moskenes farm ("Muskenes" - 1567), since the first church was built there. The first element is probably derived from the word mosk/musk which means "sea spray" and the last element is nes which means "headland".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 12 September 1986. The arms show a white vortex spiral on a blue background. Vortexes or whirlpools, such as the Moskenstraumen, appear in the channel just south of the island of Moskenes when the tide comes in, making it a hazardous channel
