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  2. Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about 85,133,000 km 2 (32,870,000 sq mi). [2] It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas ( North America and South ...

  3. Borders of the oceans - Wikipedia

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    Maps exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling Earth, the World/Global Ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.

  4. North Sea - Wikipedia

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    The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide ...

  5. Opening of the North Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The opening of the North Atlantic Ocean is a geological event that has occurred over millions of years, during which the supercontinent Pangea broke up. As modern-day Europe ( Eurasian plate) and North America ( North American Plate) separated during the final breakup of Pangea in the early Cenozoic Era, [1] they formed the North Atlantic Ocean.

  6. List of countries and territories bordering the Atlantic Ocean

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    Madeira. Mauritania. Morocco. Namibia. Nigeria. Republic of the Congo. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) São Tomé and Príncipe. Senegal.

  7. Sargasso Sea - Wikipedia

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    Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic is bounded by the Gulf Stream on the west, the North Atlantic Current on the north, the Canary Current on the east, and the North Equatorial Current on the south. The Sargasso Sea ( / sɑːrˈɡæsoʊ /) is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. [1]

  8. Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. [8] In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.

  9. Northwest Passage - Wikipedia

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    Two maps of arctic regions published in 1856 on a single sheet as part of The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada.

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