Atlantic water flow through the Faroese Channels

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: B. Hansen, T. Poulsen, K. M. Húsgarð Larsen, H. Hátún, S. Østerhus, E. Darelius, B. Berx, D. Quadfasel, K. Jochumsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Faroe Bank; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Faroe Shelf; Faroes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-873-2017; https://doaj.org/article/8991f9d54e0e44768cfa320cf98643e7

Through the Faroese Channels – the collective name for a system of channels linking the Faroe–Shetland Channel, Wyville Thomson Basin, and Faroe Bank Channel – there is a deep flow of cold waters from Arctic regions that exit the system as overflow through the Faroe Bank Channel and across the Wyvil...