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The Atlantic Ocean is the secon-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres (41.1 million square miles). It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the "Sea of Atlas". The oldest known mention of this name is contained in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (I 202); see also: Atlas Mountains. Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term "ocean" was synonymous with the waters beyond Western Europe that we now know as the Atlantic and which the Greeks had believed to be a gigantic river encircling the world; see Oceanus.

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  • This ocean's deepest point, about 28,000 feet, is in the Puerto Rico Trench
  • At 28,374 feet, the Puerto Rico Trench is this ocean's deepest point
  • While Libya is on the Mediterranean, Liberia is on this body of water
  • Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean
  • St. Louis, Missouri is on the Mississippi; Saint-Louis, Senegal is a port on this ocean
  • This ocean has the greatest length of coastline because of its irregular shape
  • Guyana is divided into 3 regions: a highland, an inland forest & a coastal plain along this ocean
  • It's the world's second-largest ocean
  • In 1838 the Sirius became the first steamship to cross this ocean using steam power alone
  • Of the Atlantic, Pacific or the Arctic, the ocean that Blue Point oysters come from
  • The Tagus flows into this ocean
  • The Azores are found in this ocean
  • In June 1928 Amelia became the first woman to fly across this body of water, though she was only a passenger
  • The Caribbean Sea is part of this second-largest ocean
  • The name of this ocean is derived from the name of a titan in Greek myth who was a brother of Prometheus
  • This early R&B, rock & jazz label had an "ocean" of talent, including Ray Charles, who signed in 1952
  • In 1947, Ahmet Ertegun founded this jazz & R&B label, which soon had an "ocean" of talent, including Ray Charles
  • Founded in 1857, this Boston-based magazine was named by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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