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The '''Irminger Current''' is a north [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] [[ocean current]] setting westward off the southwest coast of [[Iceland]].


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The '''Irminger Current''' is a north [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] [[ocean current]] setting westward off the southwest coast of [[Iceland]]. It is composed of relatively warm and saline waters from the eastern North Atlantic that are fed by the [[North Atlantic Drift]]. The Irminger Current is part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. The current is named after Danish vice-admiral {{ill|Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger|da|Carl Irminger|de|Carl Irminger}} (1802–1888).<ref>Kommandør Axel Fiedler: „Om Irminger Havets og Irmingerstrømmens navn“. ''Søværnsorientering'' Nr. '''1''', March 2003 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182555/http://forsvaret.dk/NR/rdonlyres/CCF505C2-38C3-4FD4-BE9C-19FA92C8540E/0/Irminger.pdf Google-HTML-Version]</ref>
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== See also ==
[[be:Плынь Ірмінгера]]
* [[Irminger Sea]]
[[et:Irmingeri hoovus]]
* [[Ocean currents]]
[[fr:Courant d'Irminger]]
* [[Oceanic gyres]]
[[ja:イルミンガー海流]]
* [[Physical oceanography]]
[[km:ខ្សែទឹកអៀមីងហ្គើរ]]

[[ru:Течение Ирмингера]]
==References==
[[sr:Ирмингерова струја]]
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[[Category:Currents of the Atlantic Ocean]]


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Latest revision as of 16:45, 13 July 2024

image picturing the Gulf stream
The gulf stream


The Irminger Current is a north Atlantic ocean current setting westward off the southwest coast of Iceland. It is composed of relatively warm and saline waters from the eastern North Atlantic that are fed by the North Atlantic Drift. The Irminger Current is part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. The current is named after Danish vice-admiral Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger [da; de] (1802–1888).[1]

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  1. ^ Kommandør Axel Fiedler: „Om Irminger Havets og Irmingerstrømmens navn“. Søværnsorientering Nr. 1, March 2003 Google-HTML-Version