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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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  • It's the saltiest of the oceans & the second largest
  • The H.M.S. Titanic
  • Beginning in Peru, the Amazon flows over 4,000 miles to this ocean
  • Charles Lindbergh made all the papers in May 1927 when he flew solo over this ocean
  • It's the second-largest body of water in the world
  • Several currents flow through this ocean, including the Brazil Current & the Labrador Current
  • In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly over it alone & the first person of any sex to cross it by air twice
  • Sailing down the Orinoco, you'll wind up in this ocean
  • In 1896 George Harbo & Frank Samuelsen rowed across this in 55 days
  • The mysterious Bermuda Triangle region lies within this ocean
  • Namibia's coastline is provided by this body of water
  • Most of the cod caught is of the species named for this body of water
  • May 21, 1927:Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across this body of water
  • The Milwaukee Deep isn't in Lake Michigan; it's the lowest point in this ocean, near Puerto Rico
  • Though this ocean is half the size of the Pacific, its drainage area is 4 times as large
  • Ocean on the Ivory Coast's coast
  • Some say the Weddell Sea is an arm of the Antarctic Ocean; others say it's part of this larger ocean
  • Capsized off Georges Bank, Ernie Hazard survived 2 days in his underwear in this ocean
  • The Angolan sea god Kianda is the guardian of this nearby ocean & all its creatures
  • The bottom of this ocean has a ridge that rises to form islands like Iceland & St. Helena
  • A rail found on Inaccessible Island near Tristan da Cunha in this ocean is the smallest living flightless bird
  • Tagus River

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