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Southern Ocean fronts

Map showing the two Southern Ocean fronts.

Regions of water in the ocean are organised by temperature and salinity, the boundaries between them are called fronts. In the Southern Ocean there are two main fronts the Subantarctic Front (SAF) and Antarctic Polar Front (APF).

Rights: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Published:03 December 2007Size: 50.09 KB