It was named after the lost city of Atlantis.
To be more specific, the waters surrounding the large island of Atlantis was known as the Atlantis Sea.
Plato's writings were the first ACCEPTED notes regarding Atlantis, but other cultures from that era wrote about it as well.
The father of history "herodotus"
recorded the name
in Greek texts "Clio (History, Bk I, 202)", it mentions the waters beyond the Straits of Gibraltar is said to be known as the Atlantis Sea.
To make a long story short, a translator translated the name incorrectly to read Atlantic instead of Atlantis.
You can read about it here: http:
//www.atlantisquest.com
/Writings.html
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The Mid Atlantic-Rift is the name for the region of volcanic activity in the Atlantic ocean.
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The Atlantic ocean
the ocean of oceans but of oceans of lakes from rivers with monters in them with lake ontario............. atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is where they live.
This is the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean means: The 2nd larges ocean
Atlantic ocean Atlantic ocean
The Mid Atlantic-Rift is the name for the region of volcanic activity in the Atlantic ocean.
Brazil has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
it came from the lost city of Atlantic and the ocean there was un named so they called it the 'south Atlantic ocean'
Atlantic Salmon live in different places in the Atlantic Ocean, hence the name "Atlantic Salmon".
The Atlantic Ocean.
the ocean sea
Atlantic ocean
Atlas ocean
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