180 million years old
It is 180 Million Years Old
The oldest oceanic crust is in the west Pacific and north-west Atlantic. They are about 180 to 200 million years old.
There's really only one ocean, and it's all the same age (somewhere around 4 billion years). But as man-made names go, the Atlantic basin is the newest.
Age of Exploration
actually no, it is getting smaller as the Atlantic Ocean gets bigger due to the contininents of Africa and Europe being pushed further away from the Americas by the mid Atlantic ridge. But as you observe the official data on ocean floor age, you might come to another conclusion.
actually no, it is getting smaller as the Atlantic ocean gets bigger due to the contininents of Africa and Europe being pushed further away from the Americas by the mid Atlantic ridge. But as you observe the official data on ocean floor age, you might come to another conclusion.
The Grand Ocean Hotel 19 Atlantic Hotel All Marriott's
The north American craton split from the European craton as the Atlantic ocean was created by the process of sea floor spreading and continental drift.
The Age of Atlantic was created in 1970.
The New Age of Atlantic was created in 1972.
The present ice age was possibly influenced by the joining of North and South America in the Panama area nearly 3 million years ago, blocking warm Pacific waters from entering the North Atlantic.
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