the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 8378 m (27 487 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)
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Atlan′tic O′cean,
- Place Namesan ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere. ab. 31,530,000 sq. mi. (81,663,000 sq. km);
with connecting seas ab. 41,000,000 sq. mi. (106,100,000 sq. km);
greatest known depth, 30,246 ft. (9219 m).
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'Atlantic Ocean' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Amazon
- Andalusia
- Argyll and Bute
- Atlantic
- Atlantic Provinces
- Atlantis
- Avalon Peninsula
- Aveiro
- Bahamas
- Barbary
- Berbice
- Bergen
- Bermuda Triangle
- Biscay
- Biscayne Bay
- Brazil Current
- Cabot Strait
- Canary Islands
- Canso
- Cape Cod
- Caribbean Sea
- Celtic Sea
- Churchill
- Courantyne
- East Coast
- English Channel
- Estoril
- Faxa Bay
- Frobisher Bay
- Glace Bay
- Guinea
- Gêba
- HYDROLANT
- Irish Sea
- West Atlantic
- West Indies
- Western Ocean
- ascension
- ballyhoo
- belted sandfish
- black margate
- black ruff
- blackbelly rosefish
- blue ribbon
- blue runner
- bonito
- conchfish
- cowfish
- demerara