Agulhas
Americannoun
noun
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These turtles were likely sucked in by the warm Indian Ocean Agulhas Current, carried around the tip of South Africa and spat out in the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Town.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024
In the case of the Agulhas Current, researchers in 2016 reported that since the 1990s its flow had grown broader and was more likely to create potent eddies.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2024
In October 2014, when he was a newborn, he was found stranded on Praia das Agulhas, in north-eastern Brazil, and taken in by Brazilian conservation NGO Aquasis.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022
The icebreaker, Agulhas II, left the search area on Tuesday for the 11-day voyage back to Cape Town.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022
When off Agulhas the wind southed upon us, and we fell in with the tremendous swell that is almost invariably met with about this spot.
From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by Overend, William Heysham
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