The World's Oceans. The Atlantic Ocean

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The Atlantic Ocean is located between Americas to the West and the continents of Europe and Africa to the East . The Equator divides it into the North and the South Atlantic Ocean. Where is the Atlantic Ocean?

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The word ’Atlantic ’ originates from the Greek mythology meaning ‘Sea of Atlas’. Atlas was the titan who had to stand on the edge of the earth and carry the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from Zeus as Atlas had fought against the Olympian gods for the control of the heavens. What does ' atlantic ' mean?

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The Atlantic is the world’s second largest ocean and covers 25% of the Earth’s surface, after the Pacific Ocean. In size the Atlantic Ocean is comparable with roughly 6 times the size of the USA. How big is the Atlantic Ocean?

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The Straits of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco and the Bosporus in Turkey are two of the most well known waterways in the Atlantic Ocean . Among the major seaports of the Atlantic Ocean are Hamburg ( Germany) and New York (USA) Important Waterways

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Leif Erikson (970-1020) is remembered as the first ‘European’ to reach North America more than 500 years before Columbus! He crossed the Atlantic Ocean and stepped onto North American land. He named the eastern coast of Canada ‘Vinland’, which is believed to be what is now Newfoundland. The first man to cross Atlantic

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