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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.
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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.
Area (km 2) Notes: Earth: ... Region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. ... 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 ...
Area (km 2 ) Notes: Random Island ... French overseas collectivity in the North Atlantic Ocean. ... 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 square ...
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The Falkland Islands are an archipelago of 778 islands with an area of 12,173 km 2 (4,700 sq mi) located in the South Atlantic Ocean on a projection of the Patagonian Shelf. The two principal islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, account for 91% of the land area.