USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Atlantic Ocean lies between North and South America on the west and Europe and Africa on the east. Up north, the Atlantic connects to the Arctic Ocean and to the Southern Ocean to the south. Scientists often divide the Atlantic into two basins: the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ocean’s name, derived from Greek mythology, means the “Sea of Atlas.” The oldest known mention of this name is contained in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (I 202).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Pacific Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean south of South America at Cape Horn. The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest, extends from the Southern Ocean between the Americas, and Africa and Europe, to the Arctic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean south of Africa at Cape Agulhas.

Detailed explanation-4: -It originates high in the Andes Mountains of Peru and flows eastwards on a meandering 4, 000-mile (6, 400 km) journey, roughly one-third of its length in Peru and two-thirds in Brazil, before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean on Brazil’s northeastern coast.