Irminger Current

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Irminger Current [′ər·miŋ·ər ′kə·rənt]

(oceanography)

An ocean current that is one of the terminal branches of the Gulf Stream system, flowing west off the southern coast of Iceland.

Irminger Current

a warm current of the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coast of Iceland; western branch of the North Atlantic Current. The Irminger Current moves at a rate of about 1 km/hr. The water temperature ranges from 5° to 7°C in winter and 10° to 12°C in summer. The salinity is 34.8–35 parts per thousand. The current was named after the Danish navigator C. Irminger, who was the first to detect and describe it in 1853–54.

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