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- The Atlantic, the world’s second-largest ocean, influences our weather patterns, including hurricanes.
- Many species live in the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from sea turtles to dolphins.
- For ages, the Atlantic Ocean has been a vital trading and transport route.
- The Atlantic Ocean, which stretches from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, is bounded to the west by the Americas and to the east by Europe and Africa.
- It covers more than 41 million square miles and is the world’s second-largest ocean after the Pacific Ocean.
- Scientists and geographers divide the Atlantic into two parts: north and south.
- The North and South Atlantic ocean currents each have separate ocean currents that influence weather around the world.
- The word ‘Atlantic ‘ derives from the Greek mythology meaning ‘Sea of Atlas’.
- As a punishment from Zeus, Atlas was forced to stand on the brink of the earth and bear the heavens on his shoulders.
- The temperature of the Atlantic Ocean varies according to location and ocean currents.
