Antarctic Convergence

noun

1. the fairly well-defined boundary that exists between the cold Antarctic waters and the warmer waters to the north and can be traced around the world.

Example Sentences

On March 1, we passed over a boundary zone known as the Antarctic Convergence and entered the calm, cold waters of the Southern Ocean.

From Scientific American

Endurance headed for South Georgia Island, one of the Subantarctic Islands on the edge of the Antarctic Convergence.

From Literature

Studies of other king penguin colonies suggest foraging birds from Île aux Cochons normally swim toward an oceanic feature hundreds of kilometers to the south known as the polar front or Antarctic convergence.

From Science Magazine

There, in what is called the Southern Ocean, the currents of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans often slam together to create an Antarctic “convergence” below Cape Horn.

From Washington Post

Guided by real-time satellite information, the team undertook an experiment across the Antarctic Convergence — a natural boundary between cold Antarctic and warmer subantarctic waters.

From Nature