Atlantic Ocean

Also known as Atlantic, Atlantic Sea, Great Western Ocean, Oceanus, the Atlantic, Atlantick, Atlantick Ocean, Atlantick Sea

ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas

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The Atlantic Ocean is the body of water that separates Europe and Africa from the Americas. It is one of the world's major oceans and has been historically important for trade, exploration, and travel between these continents.

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Research

14,213 papers

A review on the diversity and distribution of athecate dinoflagellates in South Atlantic and in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean: Research insights and gaps.ReviewAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2024Werlang CC, Souza MS, Mendes CRBDOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202420230746
Stanford University from across the Atlantic Ocean: an Italian Medical Student research experience.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Ragaini EMDOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-06033-y
Plastic pollution in islands of the Atlantic Ocean.ReviewEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2018Monteiro RCP, Ivar do Sul JA, Costa MFDOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.096
New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas.ReviewZootaxa · 2023Blake JA, Maciolek NJDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5260.1.1
Invasive species in the Northeastern and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: A review.ReviewMarine pollution bulletin · 2017Castro MC, Fileman TW, Hall-Spencer JMDOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.048
Monitoring pelagic Sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean from space: Principles and practices.ReviewHarmful algae · 2025Hu C, Barnes BB, Qi L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2025.102840
Fading bioluminescence of the tropical Atlantic Ocean.Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence · 2022Piontkovski SA, Serikova IMDOI: 10.1002/bio.4188
Remote subsurface ocean temperature as a predictor of Atlantic hurricane activity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Scoccimarro E, Bellucci A, Storto A et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810755115

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Atlantic
Area: 106460000
Elevation: 0
Image: Atlantic Ocean.png
Width: 5000

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Commons category: Atlantic Ocean
Commons gallery: Atlantic Ocean
volume as quantity: 305811900
vertical depth: 3646

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This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the ISS. The pass starts from just northeast of the island of Newfoundland over the North Atlantic Ocean to central Africa, over South Sudan.

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about 85,133,000 square kilometers (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe).