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    The Roaring Forties are strong westerly winds that occur in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40° and 50° south. The strong...
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  • The Roaring Forties (French: Les quarantièmes rugissants) is a 1982 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Jacques Perrin, Julie...
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  • The Roaring Forty (1983–2023) is a compilation album by English singer Billy Bragg, released on 27 October 2023 through Cooking Vinyl. It was released...
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  • Roaring Forties is the 21st studio album by Peter Hammill, released on his own Fie! label in 1994. It, and the following album, X My Heart, are Hammill's...
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    The strongest westerly winds in the middle latitudes can come in the roaring forties, between 40 and 50 degrees south latitude. The westerlies play an important...
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    sometimes alternating within hours of each other, especially in the roaring forties (latitudes between 40° and 50° in both hemispheres)[citation needed]...
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  • individual's lifespan Long Forties, area in the North Sea The Forties shipping forecast area (roughly corresponding to the Long Forties) Forties oilfield in the...
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  • east of Cape Leeuwin. The port is located on the very edge of the Roaring Forties latitudes, providing a natural starting point to attack the challenging...
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    ships south from the Cape (which is at 34° latitude south) into the Roaring Forties, then east across the Indian Ocean, before turning northeast for Java...
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    The strongest westerly winds in the middle latitudes are called the Roaring Forties, between 40 and 50 degrees south latitude, within the Southern Hemisphere...
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  • across the trade winds and, helped by the Brazil Current, reached the roaring forties. This was by far the longest voyage yet made out of sight of land....
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  • America. Its long oceanic stretches are the northern domain of the Roaring Forties. On 21 June 2018, the sun is at 26.17° in the sky and at 73.83° on...
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    Roaring Forties after about 6,500 miles (10,500 km) sailed from Plymouth. A good time for that run would have been about 43 days. Once in the forties...
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    Drake Passage extends farther than the Southern Ocean latitudes. The Roaring Forties and the Furious Fifties blow around Antarctica and drive the Antarctic...
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    the strongest westerly winds in the middle latitudes can come in the Roaring Forties of the Southern Hemisphere, between 30 and 50 degrees latitude. Examples...
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  • may be taken to include the article the, as in the Netherlands, the Roaring Forties, or the Rolling Stones. A proper name may appear to have a descriptive...
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    Retrieved January 11, 2014. p. 344 Henderson, Justin. Grunge: Seattle. Roaring Forties Press, 2016. Ch. 5 Reynolds, Simon. The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion...
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    leaving Batavia, Tasman sailed westward to Mauritius, then south to the Roaring Forties, then eastward, and reached the coast of Tasmania, which he named Van...
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    on the Horn singly, such as Vito Dumas, who wrote Alone Through The Roaring Forties based on his round-the-world voyage; or with small crews. Bernard Moitessier...
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    45°S. They are closely related to the Southern Ocean or either the Roaring Forties or Furious Fifties. Antarctic bases are excluded due to not having...
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    The Roaring Forties is a 1908 oil painting by Frederick Judd Waugh. The painting depicts a turbulent seascape in the Roaring Forties, the part of the Southern...
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    related places Broad Fourteens Roaring Forties Forties Oil Field Hill, P.J., and Wood, G.V., 1980, Geology of the Forties Field, U.K. Continental Shelf...
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    sees no diamond on Miss Billy Perry's finger." (from "Romance in the Roaring Forties")). The comic effect of his style results partly from the juxtaposition...
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  • Sports Cars (2003–present) Python (1981–present) Quantum (2015–present) Roaring Forties (1997–present) Spartan-V (2004–present) Stohr Cars (1991–present) A...
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    and Storm in the East (1880); In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties (1885); and The Last Voyage (1889, published posthumously). She had...
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    from Cape Portland and is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties. Flinders Island was first inhabited at least 35,000 years ago, when...
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    Retrieved 15 March 2020. Saunders, William (2010) Jimi Hendrix London Roaring Forties Press ISBN 978-0-9843165-1-9 McMichael, Joe; Lyons, Jack (15 June 2004)...
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    Zealand has abundant wind resources. The country is in the path of the Roaring Forties, strong and constant westerly winds, and the funneling effect of Cook...
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  • Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England. Berkeley, California: Roaring Forties Press, 2006: 126. ISBN 0-9766706-4-X Packer, Barbara L. The Transcendentalists...
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    Convergence Zone Chemical equator Monsoon trough Horse latitudes Polar front Roaring Forties "ITCZ". National Weather Service. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Doldrums" ...
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