A North Pacific Ocean current setting eastward from about longitude 1450 east to about 1600 east. It continues the flow of the Kuroshio to the North Pacific Current
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Tide and Current Glossary, National Ocean Service, CO-OPS, Products and Services N/OPS3, Silver Spring, MD, USA 1999. http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/publications/glossary2. pdf, (ND/ Tide and Current - Amer) {830}