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The Cape Horn Current is a cold water current that flows west-to-east around Cape Horn. This current is caused by the intensification of the West Wind Drift as it rounds the cape.

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Oceanic gyres and currents

Currents

Arctic Ocean	East Greenland · Norwegian

Atlantic Ocean	Agulhas · Angola · Antilles · Azores · Baffin Island · Benguela · Brazil · Canary · Cape Horn · Caribbean · East Greenland · East Iceland · Falkland · Florida · Guinea · Gulf Stream · Irminger · Labrador · Lomonosov · Loop · North Atlantic · North Brazil · North Equatorial · North Equatorial Counter · Norwegian · Portugal · Slope Jet · South Atlantic · South Equatorial · Spitsbergen · West Greenland

Indian Ocean	Agulhas · East Madagascar · Equatorial Counter Current · Indian Monsoon Current · Leeuwin · Madagascar · Mozambique · Somali · South Australian · South Equatorial · West Australian

Pacific Ocean	Alaska · Aleutian · California · Cromwell · East Australia · Equatorial Counter Current · Hamboldt · Kamchatka · Kuroshio · Mindanao · North Equatorial · North Pacific · Oyashio · South Equatorial

Southern Ocean	Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Gyres

Major oceanic systems	Indian Ocean Gyre · North Atlantic Gyre · South Atlantic Gyre · North Pacific Gyre · South Pacific Gyre

Other gyres	Beaufort Gyre · Indian Monsoon Gyre · Ross Gyre · Weddell Gyre

Atmospheric circulation · Boundary currents · Coriolis effect · Ekman transport · Great Pacific Garbage Patch · Marine debris · Ocean · Thermohaline circulation

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