North Icelandic Jet

The North Icelandic Jet is a deep-reaching current that flows along the continental slope of Iceland. The North Icelandic Jet advects overflow water into the Denmark Strait and constitutes a pathway that is distinct from the East Greenland Current. It is a cold current that runs west across the top of Iceland, then southwest between Greenland and Iceland at a depth of about. The North Icelandic Jet is deep and narrow and can carry more than a million cubic meters of water per second.
It was not discovered until 2004. It was initially studied and described by two Icelandic Marine Research Institute’s specialists, Steingrímur Jónsson.
The current was found to be a key element of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.