Atlantic Ocean

[ at-lan-tik oh-shuhn ]

noun

1. an ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere, with its deepest section in the Puerto Rico Trench: divided by the equator into the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean. 32,870,000 square miles (85,133,000 square kilometers).

Atlantic Ocean

noun

1. the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)

Atlantic Ocean

1. Second-largest ocean in the world, separating North America and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Atlantic Ocean¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

They will then sail around Antarctica, before sailing close to the tip of South America and up through the Atlantic Ocean towards France.

From BBC

They flew along a route that became known as the Donegal corridor, a shortcut that linked Lough Erne with the Atlantic Ocean and extended the range of the aircraft.

From BBC

Senegalese farmer Mouhamed Oualy has never been to sea, but he is about to embark on a perilous sea journey - one that has turned the Atlantic Ocean into a mass grave.

From BBC

The record-breaking Hurricane Milton has left a massive path of devastation in its wake as it plowed through Florida into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and Thursday.

From Salon

Milton, which has diminished into a post-tropical cyclone, has passed through Florida and traveling through the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Bahamas.

From BBC