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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 85,133,000 square kilometers (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area.

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Average depth
3,646 m (11,962 ft)
Basin countries
List of bordering countries (not drainage basin), ports
Islands
List of islands
Max. depth
Puerto Rico Trench 8,376 m (27,480 ft)
Settlements
List
Shore length1
111,866 km (69,510 mi) including marginal seas

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Extent and data

Bathymetry

Water characteristics

Climate

Geology and plate tectonics

Future of the Atlantic

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Economy

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Atlantic Ocean

Nodes394
Edges393
Triples184
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005076
Components1

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Atlantic Ocean

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related to Old World · 31
Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Asia, Australasia, Baltic Sea, Doggerland, During, Enkapune Ya Muto, Europe, European North Atlantic, Following, Kenya, Laacher See, Last Glacial Maximum, Late Stone Age, LGM, LSA, Magdalenian, Mediterranean, Middle Stone Age, MIS
related to Extent and data · 24
Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Arctic Ocean, Asia, Barents Sea, Black Sea, CIA World Factbook, Correspondingly, Denmark Strait, Europe, Gibraltar, Greenland Sea, Iceland, IHO, It, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North, Norwegian Sea, South America, Strait
related to Central Atlantic · 19
Atlantic Ocean → Atlantic, Atlas Mountains, Brazil, CAMP, Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, Early Jurassic, Earth's, Jurassic, Late Triassic, Ma, North America, Northwest Africa, Pangaea, South America, The, Theoliitic, This, Triassic, West Africa
related to Geology and plate tectonics · 17
Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Atlantic, Bahamas, Coarse, Florida, For, Georges Bank, Gulf, In, Maine, North America, North American, Nova Scotia, Pleistocene, South Atlantic, The, The Atlantic Ocean
related to Water masses · 14
Atlantic Ocean → Arctic, Greenland-Scotland, Gulf Stream, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Norwegian-Greenland Sea, South Atlantic, South Atlantic Intermediate Water, The, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Ocean, There, These
related to Atlantic Closure · 13
Atlantic Ocean → African, An, Atlantic, Atlantic Basin, Atlantic Wilson, Caribbean, Eurasian, Gibraltar, Meanwhile, Mediterranean, Scotia Arc, The Gibraltar Arc, Together
see also · 13
Atlantic Ocean → Americas, Atlantic OceanAtlantic, Atlantic OceanList, Atlantic Peace, Atlantic RevolutionsList, Atlantic WorldTransatlantic, Cooperation ZoneNatural, Earth, Oceans, Pacific, Scotia ArcList, SeasShipwrecks, South Atlantic
related to Further reading · 11
Atlantic Ocean → Atlantic, Dickson, Encyclopædia Britannica, HarperCollins UK, Henry Newton, ISBN, Million Stories, Simon, Vast Ocean, Vol, Winchester
related to External links · 8
Atlantic Ocean → Atlantic Coast, Cartage, Chesapeake Bay, Congress, Florida, Library, Map, North America
Average depth · 1
Atlantic Ocean → 3,646 m (11,962 ft)

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atlantic ocean north south water sea two africa also europe coast america central western around gyre 000 area americas early

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Atlantic OceanAverage depth3,646 m (11,962 ft)1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanBasin countriesList of bordering countries (not drainage basin), ports1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanIslandsList of islands1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanMax. depthPuerto Rico Trench 8,376 m (27,480 ft)1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanSettlementsList1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanShore length1111,866 km (69,510 mi) including marginal seas1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanSurface area85,133,000 km2 (32,870,000 sq mi) North Atlantic: 41,490,000 km2 (16,020,000 sq mi), South Atlantic: 40,270,000 km2 (15,550,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanTrenchesPuerto Rico; South Sandwich; Romanche1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanWater volume310,410,900 km3 (74,471,500 cu mi)1.00infobox
Atlantic Oceanis asecond largest of the world's five oceans0.90text
the Iliadinstance ofmentioned in ancient Greek mythological literature0.80text

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