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Hace 4 días · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of Atlas.’ It is second in size to the Pacific Ocean.
- Tides
Atlantic Ocean - Tides, Currents, Waves: The tides of the...
- Contemporary Study
Atlantic Ocean - Marine Life, Climate, Geology: The events...
- Climate
Atlantic Ocean - Climate, Currents, Winds: Weather over the...
- Study and Exploration
Atlantic Ocean - Exploration, Currents, Marine Life:...
- Arctic Basin
Other articles where Arctic Basin is discussed: Atlantic...
- Cape Palmas
Harper, town and Atlantic Ocean port, southeastern Liberia,...
- Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay, arm of the North Atlantic Ocean with an area of...
- Puerto Rico Trench
Puerto Rico Trench, submarine depression in the North...
- Tides
Hace 3 días · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
- 3.688 km (2 mi)
- 1,370,000,000 km³ (328,680,479 cu mi) (97.5% of Earth's water)
- 361,000,000 km² (139,382,879 sq mi) (71% of Earth's surface area)
- List of countries by length of coastline
Hace 4 días · Tristan da Cunha (/ ˌ t r ɪ s t ən d ə ˈ k uː n (j) ə /), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- 207 km² (80 sq mi)
- 1810
- 14 August 1816
- United Kingdom
Hace 4 días · Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from the coast of South America.
- 88 km² (34 sq mi)
- 859 m (2,818 ft)
- 1815
- United Kingdom
Hace 2 días · RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) on 14 April.
- Collision with iceberg on 14 April
- 1,490–1,635
- 14–15 April 1912; 111 years ago
Hace 5 días · North Sea, shallow, northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the British Isles and the mainland of northwestern Europe and covering an area of 220,000 square miles (570,000 square km). It is connected to the Atlantic by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel.
Hace 3 días · The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
