| Atlantic Ocean | |
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| 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: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles) | |
Second-largest ocean in the world, separating North America and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east.