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As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south. Other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica.
- Borders of the oceans
Overview. List of oceans. Arctic Ocean. Notes. Atlantic...
- Opening of the North Atlantic Ocean
The opening of the North Atlantic Ocean is a geological...
- North Atlantic Current
The North Atlantic Current ( NAC ), also known as North...
- Borders of the oceans
…used to define particularly the northern but also the southern limits of the Atlantic Ocean. There are no universally accepted boundary conventions. In the north the situation is further complicated by the fact that the Arctic Ocean frequently is considered to be a dependent sea of the Atlantic. This is…
1 giorno fa · 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.
- Covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface, the area of the Atlantic Ocean without its dependent seas is approximately 31,568,000 square m...
- The Atlantic Ocean has an average depth (with its seas) of 11,962 feet (3,646 meters) and a maximum depth of 27,493 feet (8,380 meters) in the Puer...
- The outstanding feature of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an immense median mountain range extending throughout the len...
- The surface waters of the North Atlantic have a higher salinity than those of any other ocean, reaching values exceeding 37 parts per thousand in l...
- The Atlantic Ocean provides millions of tons of fish and other seafood annually for human consumption, including lobster, haddock, cod, mackerel, h...
Indice. 1 Descrizione. 1.1 Caratteristiche dell'acqua. 1.2 Fondale oceanico. 1.3 Storia geologica. 1.4 Clima. 2 Storia. 3 Economia. 4 Geografia. 4.1 Punti critici e punti di accesso. 4.2 Porti. 5 Ambiente. 5.1 Inquinamento e preservazione delle specie. 5.2 Pericoli. 6 Note. 7 Voci correlate. 8 Altri progetti. Descrizione.
