area between 40° and 50° latitude, noted for strong winds and large seas

The area between 40 degrees and 50 degrees latitude noted for strong winds and large seas.

What seamen understand by this term is a zone of strong winds about lat. 40° S., where a strong wind prevails throughout the year, from W.N.W. to E.S.E. There is a similar zone in the northern hemisph [..]

Strong westerly winds prevailing south of latitude 40°S. Sometimes applied to the latitudes in which the winds prevail.

That geographical belt located approximately in 40 degrees south latitude in which are encountered the prevailing or stormy westerlies.

That geographical belt located approximately in 40 degrees south latitude in which are encountered the prevailing or stormy westerlies.

the name given to strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees. Air displaced from the Equator towards the South Pole, which travels clo [..]

1. An isolated rocky formation or single large stone, usually one constituting a danger navigation. It may be always submerged, always uncovered, or alternately covered and uncovered by the tide. A pi [..]