Definition of atlantic ocean Atlantic ocean
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| atlantic ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east | ||
| Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean | ||
| bermuda, bermudas a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort | ||
| bermuda triangle an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost | ||
| cape verde islands a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal | ||
| falkland islands | ||
| the indies, west indies the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area | ||
| greenland, gronland, kalaallit nunaat the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark | ||
| newfoundland a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland | ||
| british isles Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic | ||
| faeroe islands, faeroes, faroe islands, faroes a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands | ||
| iceland a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle | ||
| orkney islands an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland | ||
| shetland islands, zetland shetland | ||
| democratic republic of sao tome and principe, sao thome e principe, sao tome and principe, sao tome e principe, st. thomas and principe island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves | ||
| tenerife a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands | ||
| antarctic ocean the southern waters surrounding Antarctica | ||
| atlantic coast a coast of the Atlantic Ocean | ||
| bay of biscay an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain | ||
| bay of fundy a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet | ||
| biscayne bay a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida | ||
| bristol channel an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England | ||
| buzzards bay an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts | ||
| chesapeake bay a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River | ||
| delaware bay an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River | ||
| english channel an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain | ||
| galway bay a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland | ||
| gulf of guinea a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa | ||
| golfo de mexico, gulf of mexico an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico | ||
| gulf of saint lawrence, gulf of st. lawrence an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada | ||
| labrador sea an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland | ||
| long island sound a sound between Long Island and Connecticut | ||
| massachusetts bay an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south | ||
| mid-atlantic ridge a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic | ||
| new york bay a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River | ||
| north atlantic that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator | ||
| north sea an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970 | ||
| norwegian sea the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea | ||
| penobscot bay an inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine | ||
| sargasso sea a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed | ||
| south atlantic that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator | ||
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atlantic ocean
The ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east.
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The Atlantic Ocean is the body of water bordered
Scientists say that millions of years ago, there was only one ocean, and that most of the land in the world was joined together over where the Atlantic Ocean is now. Eventually, they think an enormous crack developed in the ground due to volcanic forces, and that the continents started ever so slowly drifting away from each other. The crack would have filled with water from rivers, and eventually the sea might have broken through from the north and the south. Even to this day, the east coast of the Americas is shaped somewhat like west coast of Africa, but the difference is actually much greater than it might appear, so it is not really an exact fit or even a close one. The Atlantic Ocean is still growing now, because of sea-floor spreading from the mid-Atlantic Ridge, while the Pacific Ocean is said to be shrinking because the sea floor is folding under itself.
Gulf Stream.
The Atlantic Ocean has important ocean currents. One of these, called the Gulf Stream, flows across the North Atlantic. Water gets heated by the sun in the Caribbean Sea and then moves northwest toward the North Pole. This makes France, Ireland, Britain, Iceland, and Norway in Europe much warmer in winter than Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada. Without the Gulf Stream, the climates of northeast Canada and northwest Europe might be the same, because these places are about the same distance from the North Pole.
There are currents in the South Atlantic to
