CAFE HORN CURREMT 



The Cape Horn Current sets continuously eastward close to the 

 tip of South America and enters Drake Passage at about 70"^ in a 

 150-mile--wide band, with surface speeds up to 2.4 knots. The set 

 veers north-northeast, and when it crosses longitude 65 °W the 

 current has narrowed to a width of about 85 miles and its speed 

 has decreased considerably. 



The profiles of computed speeds in Figure 5 show the 

 well-defined limits of the cixrrent. Available data indicate a 

 fairly high rate of transport for this current, averaging about 

 370 X 109 m3/hr in the western part and 224 x 109 m3/hr in the 

 eastern part. 



The current profile shown in Figure 6 indicates the usual 

 range of speed and the set that can be expected in Drake Passage. 



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