The Mann Eddy is a very small feature of

ocean currents An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of sea water generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. Depth contours, s ...

in the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

. It is a persistent clockwise circulation in the middle of the

North Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...

ocean, specifically "a mesoscale anticyclone, adjacent to the path of the North Atlantic Current (NAC) in the Newfoundland basin". The eddy has persisted since its initial discovery in 1967. The oceanographer Dr Rory Bingham from Newcastle University (UK) describes it as "a persistent pocket of water in the Atlantic that just goes around and around."

References

{{reflist Physical oceanography Currents of the Atlantic Ocean