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The '''Roaring Forties''' is the term for a band of prevailing strong westerlies that lie between about 40 and 60 degrees south. In the age of sail they were used by mariners on westward voyages across the Indian (mainly [[Dutch]] to the [[East Indies]] and [[British]] to Australia – and the [[Pacific]] (back to Europe via way of [Cape Horn]] from Australia - New Zealand.)
The '''Roaring Forties''' is the term for a band of prevailing strong westerlies that lie between about 40 and 60 degrees south. In the age of sail they were used by mariners on westward voyages across the Indian (mainly [[Dutch]] to the [[East Indies]] and [[British]] to Australia – and the [[Pacific]] (back to Europe via way of [Cape Horn]] from Australia - New Zealand.)