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The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about 85,133,000 km 2 (32,870,000 sq mi). [2] It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area.
Approximately 71% of Earth's surface, an area of some 361 million square kilometres (139.5 million square miles), is covered by ocean. The average salinity of Earth's oceans is about 35 grams of salt per kilogram of sea water (3.5%).
The principal divisions (in descending order of area) are the: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. Smaller regions of the oceans are called seas, gulfs, bays, straits, and other terms. Geologically, an ocean is an area of oceanic crust covered by water.
It is 61 km (38 mi) long and between 13 and 34 km (8.1 and 21.1 mi) wide. [45] — Fletcher Island: 1,580: 610: Antarctica: Antarctic territorial claims by Australia. Island has a diameter of 0.40 km (0.25 mi). [46] — Charcot Island: 1,500: 580: Antarctica: Antarctic territorial claims by Chile and United Kingdom. Island is 48 by 40 km (30 by ...
Atlantic Ocean: Coordinates: Area ... 3865 square miles; 10,010 km 2; water: 3,870 km 2; ... 80% of the forest area was reported to be under public ownership, ...
The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea is to the east. The island of Ireland lies only 12 nautical miles (22 kilometres) from the southwestern peninsula of Kintyre; [4] Norway is 190 nmi (350 km) to the east; the Faroes, 170 nmi (310 km) to the north; and Iceland, 460 nmi (850 km) to the northwest.
Barbados' total land area is 439 km 2 (169.5 sq mi), [4] and it has a coastline of 97 km (60 mi) length. [5] The island is sometimes compared to a pear [6] or leg of mutton for its physical shape. Barbados has a maximum north–south length of 34 kilometres (21 mi) and a maximum east–west breadth of 23 kilometres (14 mi).
In total, the country occupies an area of 92,090 square kilometres (35,560 sq mi) of which 91,470 square kilometres (35,320 sq mi) is land and 620 square kilometres (240 sq mi) water. [ 1 ] Despite these definitions, the Portugal-Spain border remains an unresolved territorial dispute between the two countries.