Alaska Current

The Alaska Current is a warm-water eddy current resulting from the northward diversion of a portion of the North Pacific Current when that current meets the west coast of the North American continent.

The Alaska Current is a surface oceanic current, a branch of the West Wind Drift that forms a counterclockwise gyre in the Gulf of Alaska. In contrast to typical sub-Arctic Pacific water, Alaska Current water is characterized by temperatures above 39° F (4° C) and surface salinities below 32.6 parts per thousand.

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