Bering Slope Current
From Glossary of Meteorology
The eastern part of the subpolar gyre in the deep (western) part of the Bering Sea.
Currents in this gyre are weak (0.1–0.2 m s-1) but reach to the ocean floor and are associated with eddy formation at oceanic ridges. A southward countercurrent with maximum speeds of 0.25 m s-1 near a depth of 150 m exists between the shelf and the northward-flowing Bering Slope Current, indicating its character as the eastern boundary current of a subpolar gyre.
