The Alaska Current is a southwestern shallow warm-water current alongside the west coast of the North American continent beginning at about 48-50°N. The Alaska Current produces large clockwise eddies at two sites: west of Haida Gwaii ("Haida Eddies") and west of Sitka, Alaska ("Sitka Eddy"). == Track == The Alaska current results from the northward diversion of a portion of the North Pacific Current.
The Alaska Current is a southwestern shallow warm-water current alongside the west coast of the North American continent beginning at about 48-50°N. The Alaska Current produces large clockwise eddies at two sites: west of Haida Gwaii ("Haida Eddies") and west of Sitka, Alaska ("Sitka Eddy"). == Track == The Alaska current results from the northward diversion of a portion of the North Pacific Current.
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