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Irminger current
An ocean current that is one of the terminal branches of the Gulf Stream system (part of the northern branch of the North Atlantic current ); it flows toward the west off the south coast of Iceland. A small portion of the water of the Irminger Current bends around the west coast of Iceland but the greater amount turns south and becomes more or less mixed with the water of the east Greenland current .
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