All are true of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current except:
◦ the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is created by the prevailing winds at that latitude.
◦ the Antarctic Circumpolar Current contributes to upwelling off the Antarctic coast producing an area of high primary productivity in Antarctic summer.
◦ the Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in the opposite direction to the East Wind Drift, a current the flows close to the Antarctic continent.
◦ the Antarctic Circumpolar Current contributes to the development of Antarctic bottom water in the Weddell Sea.
◦ the Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in a counterclockwise direction around the southern hemisphere at 60º S latitude.