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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the large body of water that separates North America and South America from Europe.
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What was the first ocean-going ship capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean?
does anyone now the first ocean going ship to cross the atlantic ocean tell me or edit my thing so i can see for my self
It depends on what continent it is. If the continent is North America, the North Atlantic Ocean is northeast, the North Pacific Ocean is northwest, and the Arctic Ocean is north.
Which three major seas border China?
From north to south, they are the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea.
But there is another sea which accepted among the Chinese as the 4th biggest sea of China. That is Bo Hai (also called Bohai Sea, Bohai Bay or Bohai Gulf) which is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China.
What is the location of the Atlantic ocean at the world map?
The Atlantic Ocean is located between North and South America on the west and Europe and Africa on the East. It lies north of Antarctica and south of the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, and Iceland.
What did sailors call the Atlantic ocean before Christopher Columbus?
According to the Greek mythology the word Atlantic means the "Sea of Atlas" and therefore derives the name from it. The earliest mention of this Ocean can be traced back to 450BC in "The Histories" by Greek historian Herodotus, other ancient Greek historians Diodorus and Palaephatus mentions of Gorgons living in the Island of Gorgades located in the Aethiopian Sea. Classical geographical works till the 19th Century relates the name Aethiopian with the Southern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
As Mapped in the 16th century map, the Northern Atlantic Ocean is named Sinus Occidentalis, Central Atlantic as Sinus Atlanticus and the Southern Atlantic as Mare Aethiopicum.
Atlas Maritimus or the Sea-Atlas, a map created by John Thornton divides the Atlantic into 2 parts calling the North portion as "Mar del Nort" and the South part as "Oceanus Ethiopicus". Mathematician Edward Wright didn't name the Northern part but named the Southern part as the "Aethiopian Sea".
Is the Pacific Ocean bigger than the Atlantic Ocean?
No. The Pacific ocean cover 46% of the earth's water. The Atlantic Ocean is 76,762 and the Pacific Ocean is 155,557.
What are the major predators in the Atlantic ocean?
The major predators are the Great White Sharks. These sharks are in the Atlantic Ocean in the the hotter climates. They migrate from place to place according to the temperature.
In what ocean is Japan located in?
It's surrounded all by the Pacific Ocean. There are channels between each island that have have hawaiian names like the channel between Hawaii and maui is Alenuihaha Channel, channel between Maui and Oahu is Kaiwi Channel, channel between Oahu and Kauai is the Kauai Channel. But there are many different bays and beaches on each island that give the ocean surrounding it a kinda of fixed named by the beach or bay it surrounds. Not necessarily changing the name of the oceans near each of the island.
What has a short land border on the north and a long border on the Atlantic Ocean?
The province of Nova Scotia attaches to mainland Canada via a small corridor of land that merges into New Brunswick. The rest of the province is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
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What was Columbus looking for when he crossed the Atlantic ocean?
columbus sail to find the Origin (india and china) he wanted to prove the earth was round and that you could get to the Origin by sailing west..... in that time england wanted spices from the origin and most countries were trying to find trade routes including england.
What two rivers in Africa flow into the Atlantic Ocean?
Some major rivers in the continent of Africa:
- River Nile (most famous river in the world)
- Congo River
- Zambezi River
- Niger River
- Orange River
- Congo River
- Nyanga River
- Mara River
- Moulouya River
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The Atlantic Ocean is growing by centimeters each year. Each year, the "Atlantic Rift" opens up a little wider, separating Europe from North America. This is why there are so many earthquakes in Japan and California, in the "Ring of Fire" - the Pacific is being squashed!
Is the Mariana Trench a convergent boundary?
yes it was, the pacific plate is descending under the Eurasian plate
Spain is located on the ATLANTIC Ocean and the Mediterranean SEA. Seas and Oceans are not the same things.
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Spain is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west.
Spain's west coast, and north coast, is on the Atlantic Ocean.
Who controls the Falkan Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean?
Islas Malvinas, as the Argentines call the Falkland Islands are a far flung outpost of the British Empire. Inhabited by far more sheep than people the Islands were invaded in 1982 by Argentina. The British sent a force to remove them. I am unsure of what the territorial rights of the British are, but it is undeniable that the Islanders wish to remain under British jurisdiction.
What was the name of the airplane that made the first nonstop across the Atlantic?
It was a Vickers Vimy flown by a 2 man crew, Mr. Brown and Mr. Alcock. The aircraft did not have a name other than the make and model.
Is it likely that mesosaurus swam back and forth across Atlantic ocean?
No because it's not a body built for it and it's a freshwater animal.
What do you need to cross the Atlantic Ocean?
Just a guess, but i think you might need a boat or an airplane, but that's just a guess
