Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean is the second largest Ocean in the world after Pacific Ocean. It is located between the continents of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Antarctica. The area of Atlantic Ocean is about 106.4 million square kilometers and it covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface and about one-quarter of its water surface area. It has an average depth of 3,926 m. The deepest place in Atlantic Ocean is the Puerto Rico Trench which is 8,381 m. It says that Atlantic Ocean is the youngest oceans and probably did not exist 100 million years ago. Why it say like that, we will discuss it in the other post. The farthest distance across the Atlantic occurs between the United States and North Africa at 4,830 km. The shortest distance is between Senegal and Brazil at 2,575 km. In the Northern Atlantic currents flow in a clockwise direction, while in the Southern Atlantic currents flow in a counterclockwise direction.