Some mind-blowing facts to know about the Atlantic Ocean
Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. — Sarah Kay
Atlantic, the Sea of Atlas is an enormous water body that has helped and is still helping humans to sail across the world. Oceans like the Atlantic not only separate different continents but also connect them. This salted water body is the second largest ocean in the world as it covers 20% of the earth’s surface. This S-shaped and narrow length ocean is the second youngest ocean as well. The Atlantic coastal areas of America have some beautiful sea beaches and trenches which fill you with amazement. Want to know more about the Atlantic? This article will surely help you out. So, let’s read on –
It is connected to all the other oceans
Don’t you think it’s amazing to know that this particular ocean is connected to all other oceans of the world? To the south it is connected to the Antarctic and southeast it’s the Indian Ocean. It is also connected to the great Pacific Ocean on the southwest side.The name Atlantic comes from Greek Mythology
The original word is Atlantikos or Atlantic which came from a Greek word, meaning “Sea of the Atlas”. According to Greek mythology, Atlas was the head of the Titans and he waged a war against the Olympians but eventually lost that battle, because of which the Greek god Zeus punished him. The first Greek poet to use the word “Atlantic” was Stesichorus. And in writing the Histories of Herodotus first mentioned this name in 450 BC.It is the graveyard of the luxurious ship called Titanic
Probably this is the only ship about which we are excited for ages. This huge was hit by a massive North Atlantic Iceberg on 14th April 1912 which destroyed the starboard and six watertight compartments. Finally, within just a few hours this ship was divided into two parts and sunk into the Atlantic forever. Around 1500 people lost their lives in this shipwreck.This Ocean is about 150 million years old
The earth was only one massive chunk of land hundreds and millions of years ago which was called Pangea. The Atlantic did not exist but when the Pangea started to break apart around 180 million years ago, it led to the creation of the Atlantic basin. With time this basin got filled with water.Though we have come to know many things about Atlantic, still a lot of things are there to be known because the seas
