Cape Horn Current 
The Cape Horn Current sets continuously eastward close to the 
tip of South America and enters Drake Passage at about 7O°W ina 
150-mile-wide band, with surface speeds observed at 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 12 show the 
well-defined limits of the current. Available data indicate a 
fairly high rate of transport for this current, averaging about 
370 x 10? m2/ir in the weaterm pare and 22) 2107 nO) ment the 
eastern part. 
The current profile shown in Figure 13 indicates the usual 
range of speed and the set that can be expected in Drake Passage. 
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