It has been Covering 20% of the Earth’s entire surface, the Atlantic Ocean is the world’s second-largest ocean. It covers 29% of all of the Earth’s water surface making it second only to the Pacific Ocean. At its deepest point, the Milwaukee Deep off the coast of Puerto Rico, the Atlantic Ocean is 27,500 feet deep.
Area cover by Atlantic Ocean :-
The western shores of the Atlantic Ocean are the coasts of North, Central, and South America. The North American countries include Canada and the United States. All of the Central and South American countries on the Caribbean Sea including Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, and many others have an Atlantic coast, as well as the South American countries of Argentina and Brazil.
Heading to the other side of “The Pond” as it’s known by Americans and Europeans, the Atlantic Ocean will bring you to Ireland and the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal. The North Sea also brings Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Norway to the Atlantic, and Iceland can be found northwest of Europe in the Atlantic.
Weather Storms :-
The warm, moist air of the southern Atlantic ocean often brings rain, hurricanes and other turbulent weather to Central America and the southern United States before heading north and bringing turbulent weather to the east coast of the United States, including the notorious Nor’easter, and heavy fog off the coast of eastern Canada.
The Atlantic Ocean is home to a wide range of wildlife including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, large whales and sharks, large mammals such as seals and dolphins, and hundreds of species of fish. The Atlantic coasts are home to dozens of species of birds including seagulls and albatross, and penguins can be found in the colder waters of the southern Atlantic. Many birds follow the migration route called the Atlantic Flyway that includes several shorter routes following the coast of North America that come together in the regions around the Gulf of Mexico near Florida, and then continue over Mexico and into the Caribbean sea.
Due to many factors including pollution, oil spills, entanglement, overfishing, and illegal harvesting, the Atlantic is also home to several endangered species including whales, dolphins, manatees, birds and fish.
Some important facts about the Atlantic Ocean :-
- With its rich waters, the Atlantic Ocean is home to the world’s most fertile fishing grounds. Some of the major species of fish that are caught here include mackerel, cod, haddock, and herring.
- The lowest point on the Atlantic is the Puerto Rico Trench, which measures eight and a half thousand meters deep. It is located near the boundary of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
- Among the world’s oceans, the Atlantic is considered to be the youngest. It is estimated to have been formed during the Jurassic Period.
- The Atlantic Ocean formed around 130 million years ago when the Americas, Africa, and Europe- then all part of the ancestral super continent Pangaea– started to drift away from each other.
- The Equator subdivides the Atlantic Ocean into two parts, called the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic.
- The North Atlantic Ocean separates Europe and the Americas, the “Old World” and the “New World”.
- Informally, the North Atlantic is called “The Pond,” (especially by the Irish and the British) hence the idiomatic expression “across the pond.”
- Greenland, with its total land area of 2.16 million square kilometers, is the largest island on the Atlantic Ocean.
