6 Facts About North Atlantic Current

1. North Atlantic Current has contributed significantly to the development and economy of surrounding countries.

2. North Atlantic Current has irregular coasts indented by numerous bays, gulfs and seas.

3. North Atlantic Current loses heat to the atmosphere as it moves north.

4. North Atlantic Current, known as the sub polar gyre, has weakened in the past in connection with certain phases of a large-scale atmospheric pressure system known as the North Atlantic Oscillation.

5. North Atlantic Current, called North Atlantic Drift, part of a clockwise-setting ocean-current system in the North Atlantic Ocean, extending from southeast of the Grand Bank, off Newfoundland, Canada, to the Norwegian Sea, off northwestern Europe.

6. North Atlantic Current, known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement, is a powerful warm western boundary current within the Atlantic Ocean that extends the Gulf Stream northeastward.