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    The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans. It covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and 29% of the planet's water area. The Atlantic Ocean separates the continents of North and South America from Europe, Africa, and Asia. It extends longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east and the Americas to the west. The Atlantic Ocean plays an important role in connecting the world's oceans and influencing global climate.

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    The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans. It covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and 29% of the planet's water area. The Atlantic Ocean separates the continents of North and South America from Europe, Africa, and Asia. It extends longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east and the Americas to the west. The Atlantic Ocean plays an important role in connecting the world's oceans and influencing global climate.

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    Atlantic Ocean

    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about
    106,460,000 km2 (41,100,000 sq mi).[2][3] It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and
    about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and
    Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World.
    Atlantic Ocean

    Extent of the Atlantic Ocean according to the 2002 IHO definition, excluding Arctic and Antarctic regions

    Coordinates 0°N 25°W (https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohac


    k.php?pagename=Atlantic_Ocean&params=0_N_2
    [1]
    5_W_region:ZZ_type:waterbody)

    Basin countries List of bordering countries (not drainage basin),


    ports

    Surface area 106,460,000 km2 (41,100,000 sq mi)[2][3]


    North Atlantic: 41,490,000 km2
    (16,020,000 sq mi),
    South Atlantic 40,270,000 km2
    (15,550,000 sq mi)[4]

    Average depth 3,646 m (11,962 ft)[4]

    Max. depth Puerto Rico Trench


    8,376 m (27,480 ft)[5]

    Water volume 310,410,900 km3 (74,471,500 cu mi)[4]

    Shore length1 111,866 km (69,510 mi) including marginal seas[1]

    Islands List of islands

    Trenches Puerto Rico; South Sandwich; Romanche


    Settlements A Coruña • Aracaju • Atlantic City •

    Bahía Blanca • Banjul • Bata • Benguela •

    Boston • Buenos Aires • Cabinda City •

    Cape Town • Casablanca • Charleston •

    Conakry • Dakar • Daytona Beach •

    Florianópolis • Freetown • Galway •

    Halifax • Lagos • Libreville • Lisbon •

    Luanda • Maceió • Malabo •

    Mar del Plata • Miami • Monrovia •

    Montevideo • New York City • Nouakchott •

    Palm Beach • Pointe-Noire • Porto •

    Rabat • Recife • Reykjavík •

    Rio de Janeiro • Salvador • Sligo •

    St. John's • Swakopmund • Tangier • Vigo •

    Virginia Beach • Vitória • Wilmington

    1
    Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

    This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the ISS. The pass starts from just northeast of the island
    of Newfoundland over the North Atlantic Ocean to central Africa, over South Sudan.
    The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between
    Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of
    the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific
    Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south
    (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic
    Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic
    Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N.[6]

    Scientific explorations of the Atlantic include the Challenger expedition, the German Meteor
    expedition, Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and the United States
    Navy Hydrographic Office.[6]

    Toponymy

    Extent and data

    Biggest seas in Atlantic Ocean

    Bathymetry

    Water characteristics

    Climate

    Geology and plate tectonics

    History

    Economy
    Environmental issues

    See also

    References

    Further reading

    External links

    Retrieved from
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Atlantic_Ocean&oldid=1127508124"

    Last edited 7 days ago by Drmies

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