Baffin Island Current

Short description: Arctic Ocean current

Baffin Island Current

Baffin Island Current (or Baffin Current) is an ocean current running south down the western side of Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean, along Baffin Island. Its sources are the West Greenland Current and outflow from the Arctic Ocean. Its speed is approximately 17 km (11 mi) per day.[1][2][3][4]

## References

1. ↑ "Baffin Island Current -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/48703/Baffin-Island-Current.
2. ↑ Münchow, Andreas; Falkner, Kelly K.; Melling, Humfrey (2015). "Baffin Island and West Greenland Current Systems in northern Baffin Bay". Progress in Oceanography 132: 305–317. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.001. Bibcode: 2015PrOce.132..305M. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079661114000408.
3. ↑ "Baffin Bay & Davis Strait". https://www.oceansnorth.org/en/where-we-work/baffin-bay-davis-strait/.
4. ↑ Münchow, Andreas; Falkner, Kelly K.; Melling, Humfrey (2015). "Baffin Island and West Greenland Current Systems in northern Baffin Bay". Progress in Oceanography (Elsevier BV) 132: 305–317. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.001. ISSN 0079-6611. http://muenchow.cms.udel.edu/papers/MuenchowBaffinRevised_2cols.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

## See also

* Labrador Current
* East Greenland Current

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Ocean currents and gyres

Currents|

| Arctic Ocean|

* East Greenland
* North Icelandic
* Norwegian
* Transpolar Drift Stream

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Atlantic Ocean|

* Angola
* Antilles
* Azores
* Baffin Island
* Benguela
* Brazil
* Canary
* Cape Horn
* Caribbean
* East Greenland
* East Iceland
* Falkland
* Florida
* Guinea
* Gulf Stream
* Irminger
* Labrador
* Lomonosov
* Loop
* North Atlantic
* North Brazil
* North Equatorial
* Norwegian
* Portugal
* Slope Jet
* South Atlantic
* South Equatorial
* West Greenland
* West Spitsbergen

Indian Ocean|

* Agulhas
* Agulhas Return
* East Madagascar
* Equatorial Counter
* Indian Monsoon
* Indonesian Throughflow
* Leeuwin
* Madagascar
* Mozambique
* North Madagascar
* Somali
* South Australian
* South Equatorial
* West Australian

Pacific Ocean|

* Alaska
* Aleutian
* California
* Cromwell
* Davidson
* East Australian
* East Korea Warm
* Equatorial Counter
* Humboldt
* Indonesian Throughflow
* Kamchatka
* Kuroshio
* Mindanao
* North Equatorial
* North Korea Cold
* North Pacific
* Oyashio
* South Equatorial
* Tasman Front

Southern Ocean|

* Antarctic Circumpolar
* Tasman Outflow

Gyres|

| Major gyres|

* Indian Ocean Gyre
* North Atlantic Gyre
* South Atlantic Gyre
* North Pacific Gyre
* South Pacific Gyre

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Other gyres|

* Beaufort Gyre
* Ross Gyre
* Weddell Gyre

Related|

* Atmospheric circulation
* Boundary current
* Coriolis force
* Ekman transport
* Marine debris
* Marine garbage patches
* Great Pacific
* Indian Ocean
* North Atlantic
* South Pacific
* Thermohaline circulation

[ ⚑ ]  64°43′26″N 62°37′44″W﻿ / ﻿64.724°N 62.629°W﻿ / 64.724; -62.629

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