Atlantic Ocean
Official Country Name
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean Overview
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Atlantic Ocean south of 60 degrees south latitude.
Atlantic Ocean Economy
The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g., fishing, dredging of aragonite sands (The Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Sea).
Atlantic Ocean Location
Atlantic Ocean is located in body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere
Region
Atlantic Ocean is located in Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean Population
Atlantic Ocean has population of
Atlantic Ocean Climate
Atlantic Ocean has tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November
Atlantic Ocean Terrain
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
Atlantic Ocean Natural Resources
oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones
Ethnic Groups in Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean has the following ethnic groups -
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Atlantic Ocean Languages
Atlantic Ocean Capital
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Atlantic Ocean Currency
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Map of Atlantic Ocean
