The striking differences in the data from the three ships imply 

 a current system far more flexible than was previously believed to 

 exist. The high surface current speeds found in all three surveys 

 are previously unrecorded features of the circulatory system, a3 is 

 the large eddy inferred from tha USS SAN PABLO observations. This 

 eddy must be of a most transient nature, otherwise it could scarcely 

 have escaped notice so long. Of equal interest are the apparent 

 similarities found during the three surveys, particularly the eddy 

 off Punta Maisi and the persistent eastward drift along the southern 

 coast of Cuba. 



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41 fA if* 



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Fig. 6. Surface currents USS PURSUIT GEK observations 14-28 March 1953 



USS PURSUIT (fig. 6). Currents set southeastward through the 

 northern and southwestern parts of the area with a westward counter- 

 flow through the western central section. If GEK's 13-lU and l£-l6 

 are reversed 180°, observations in the eastern portion of the area 

 support the ATLANTIS findings. 



