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Also known as Atlantic, Atlantic Sea, Great Western Ocean, Oceanus, the Atlantic, Atlantick, Atlantick Ocean, Atlantick Sea

ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas

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The Atlantic Ocean is an ocean that is part of the World Ocean and Earth. It is named after Atlas. The body of water is located in international waters and has a coordinate location of 0, -30. It includes the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean as parts. The Atlantic Ocean shares borders with the Baetic Depression, North Africa, and the Indian Ocean.

The Atlantic Ocean has an area of 106460000 and a volume of 305811900. Its vertical depth is 8605, and its width is 5000. The lowest point is the Milwaukee Deep. The basin country includes Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The demonym for the region is Atlantic.

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This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the ISS. The pass starts from just northeast of the island of Newfoundland over the North Atlantic Ocean to central Africa, over South Sudan.

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, 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. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe).

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