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IN view of the lively discussion of the undercurrents in the Strait of Gibraltar during recent years, some observations made by H.M. Surveying Ship Goldfinch (Lieut.—Commander F. H. Walter) in 1905 with the Pilsbury Current Meter, where I was serving as Senior Assistant Surveyor, may be of interest. They were not published, since they were not taken under good conditions, but they are amply sufficient to show that at a position N. 53° W. (True), 7 miles from Cape Spartel, the current between the surface and 200 fathoms was easterly and weak; below 200 fathoms it began to turn to the west, and observations between 250 and 290 fathoms showed currents of more than 5 knots flowing nearly west True. It is hoped that it will be possible to publish the observations in full, shortly.
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DOUGLAS, H. Undercurrents in the Strait of Gibraltar. Nature 125, 780 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125780e0
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