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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current abstract "The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift. The ACC is the dominant circulation feature of the Southern Ocean and, at approximately 125 Sverdrups, the largest ocean current. The current is circumpolar due to the lack of any landmass connecting with Antarctica and this keeps warm ocean waters away from Antarctica, enabling that continent to maintain its huge ice sheet.Associated with the Circumpolar Current is the Antarctic Convergence, where the cold Antarctic waters meet the warmer waters of the subantarctic, creating a zone of upwelling nutrients. These nurture high levels of phytoplankton with associated copepods and krill, and resultant foodchains supporting fish, whales, seals, penguins, albatrosses and a wealth of other species.The ACC has been known to sailors for centuries; it greatly speeds up any voyages from west to east, but makes sailing extremely difficult from east to west; though this is mostly due to the prevailing westerly winds. The circumstances preceding the mutiny on the Bounty and Jack London's story "Make Westing" poignantly illustrated the difficulty it caused for mariners seeking to round Cape Horn on the clipper ship route between New York and California. The clipper route, which is the fastest sailing route around the world, follows the ACC around three continental capes – Cape Agulhas (Africa), South East Cape (Australia) and Cape Horn (South America).The current creates the Ross and Weddell gyres.".
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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current wikiPageExternalLink Oceans.html.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current wikiPageExternalLink antarctic-cp.html.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current wikiPageExternalLink chapter13_04.htm.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current wikiPageExternalLink AntarcticCC.
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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current wikiPageID "2015".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current wikiPageRevisionID "600853202".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current hasPhotoCollection Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current subject Category:Climate_of_Chile.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current subject Category:Geography_of_the_Southern_Ocean.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current subject Category:Ocean_currents.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current subject Category:Subantarctic.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current type Abstraction100002137.
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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current comment "The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift. The ACC is the dominant circulation feature of the Southern Ocean and, at approximately 125 Sverdrups, the largest ocean current.".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Antarctic Circumpolar Current".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Antarktischer Zirkumpolarstrom".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Corrente Circumpolar Antártica".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Corrente circumpolare antartica".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Corriente Circumpolar Antártica".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Courant circumpolaire antarctique".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Prąd Wiatrów Zachodnich".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Westenwinddrift".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "Антарктическое циркумполярное течение".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "南冰洋洋流".
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current label "南極環流".
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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Corriente_Circumpolar_Antártica.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Itsaslaster_Zirkunpolar_Antartikoa.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Courant_circumpolaire_antarctique.
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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs 南極環流.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs 남극_환류.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Westenwinddrift.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Prąd_Wiatrów_Zachodnich.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Corrente_Circumpolar_Antártica.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs m.0w22.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Q55828.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Q55828.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current sameAs Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current.
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- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current depiction Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current.jpg.
- Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current isPrimaryTopicOf Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current.