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Atlantic Ocean
[ at-lan-tik oh-shuhn ]
noun
- an ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere, with its deepest section in the Puerto Rico Trench: divided by the equator into the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean. 32,870,000 square miles (85,133,000 square kilometers).
Atlantic Ocean
noun
- 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)
Atlantic Ocean
- Second-largest ocean in the world, separating North America and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east.
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Origin of Atlantic Ocean1
First recorded in 1600–10
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