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The Antarctic convergence, also known as the Polar Front, describes positions where the cold, north-flowing waters of the Southern Ocean flow under the warmer ocean waters of the South Pacific, the South Atlantic and the South Indian oceans.

This is an irregular line that wobbles around 55 degrees S.

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