Atlantic Ocean
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| Area | 1065 |
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| Mean depth | 3,646 m |
| Max. depth | 8,486 m (27,841 ft) |
| Coordinates | 0°N 25°W / 0°N 25°W Coordinates: 0°N 25°W / 0°N 25°W |
| Islands | Ascension Island |
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| Bouvet Island | |
| Did you know | The Atlantic Ocean is a huge mass of water covering about 16. 7 percent of the Earth and a total area of approximately 85,133,000 square kilometers. |
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| ID | 405866 |
About Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans, with an area of about 106,460,000 square kilometers. It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World".
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... This runs under Iceland and part of the Atlantic Ocean, and the impact of an eruption on the country - and further afield with regard to aviation - will depend on where exactly the magma breaches the surface...
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... More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 April 1912, causing the boat to sink...
World breaches key 1. 5C warming mark for record number of days
... " The North Atlantic Ocean is the warmest we ve ever recorded, and if you look at the North Pacific Ocean, there s a tongue of anomalously warm water stretching all the way from Japan to California, " said Dr Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in the US...
How was Storm Agnes named and how did we know it was coming?
... Mr Lang s team was focusing on the Atlantic Ocean when they first spotted signs of Storm Agnes...
Quobna Cugoano: London church honours Ghanaian-born freed slave and abolitionist
... On board the ship taking him across the Atlantic Ocean, there was, as Cugoano writes, " nothing to be heard but the rattling of chains, smacking of whips, and the groans and cries of our fellow-men...
Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel
...By Max MatzaBBC NewsA Florida man was arrested after trying to " run to London" across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade, human-powered hamster wheel-type vessel...
