South Atlantic Current

noun

1. an eastward-flowing ocean current formed by the merging of the Brazil Current and the southward-flowing current near the Falkland Islands and forming the southern part of the general circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Example Sentences

He was even asked to rescue a group of confused penguins that had been swept up from the Falkland Islands by the mighty South Atlantic current.

From BBC

From this cape it flows northward, as before stated, along the western coast of Africa, taking the name of the South Atlantic current.

From Project Gutenberg

The flow was diverted into a regular curve northwards by the South Atlantic current; voyagers from Ascension Island to the north-west therefore feel the full throb of the great riverine pulse, and it has been recognized, they say, at a distance of 300 miles.

From Project Gutenberg