Atlsntic Ocean
Ocean separating North and South America from Europe and
Africa.
The second largest of the world's oceans, the Atlantic has
an area of 31,830,000 sq mi (82,440,000 sq km). With its marginal seas,
including the Baltic, North, Black, and Mediterranean to the east, and Baffin
Bay, Hudson Bay, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea to
the west, it covers some 41,100,000 sq mi (106,450,000 sq km). Including these
latter bodies of water, its average depth is 10,925 ft (3,330 m); its maximum
depth is 27,493 feet (8,380 m) in the Puerto Rico Trench. Its most powerful
current is the Gulf Stream.
