Atlantic Ocean
ATLANTIC OCEAN Basic : * Second largest Ocean * Area- about 10, 64,60,000 square km. * Covers approx: - 20% of Earth's surface area. -29% of Earth's water surface area. * Location - Elongated "S"- shaped body of water between Africa, Europe, Arctic Ocean, Americas and Southern Ocean. Depth of Atlantic Ocean: * Average/ mean depth - 3,646m. * Deepest Trench - Puerto Rico Trench - 8,376m * Deepest point - Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605m Atlantic Ocean Facts: * Youngest Ocean on Earth - around 180 million years. * Name derived from Greek mythology - Atlantis Thalassa- meaning sea of Atlas * Saltiest Ocean - salinity of the surface water is nearly 33 to 37 parts per thousand (PPM) * Experience Highest Tides in the world at times reach nearly 50 feet high. * Ice bergs common - in 1912 the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean. * World's richest fishing waters . Also contai...