Antilles Current
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The Antilles Current is a highly variable surface ocean current of warm water that flows northwesterly, past the island chain that separates the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The current resul
Antilles Current, an arm of the North Atlantic Gyre
Gulf Stream
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The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers
Surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic: The Gulf Stream is represented by the large red-yellow (hot) flow from the Gulf of Mexico northwards in this image. Source: NASA
Benjamin Franklin's chart of the Gulf Stream printed in London in 1769
Evolution of the Gulf Stream to the west of Ireland continuing as the North Atlantic Current
Hurricane Sandy intensified as it tracked northward along the axis of the Gulf Stream in 2012.