If the ocean could talk, what tales he will tell! From famous pirates to treasures at its bottom of the ocean, and everything in between, the ocean is full of extraordinary facts! Among the five major oceans, the Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world. According to Plato, a famous Greek writer, the name Atlantic comes from the famous island Atlantis. You will amaze your friends and family with interesting facts about the Atlantic Ocean, studying the fascinating trivia presented below!
- The Atlantic Ocean is 31,660,446 miles wide. The route to Puerto Rico, seventy miles north of Puerto Rico, is the deepest part of the ocean. It falls below five miles (28,374 feet) below sea level. A trench or slice of seabed extends 1,100 miles to the east.
- The first ocean, crossed by plane and ship, was the Atlantic Ocean.
- The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic was Amelia Earhart in 1928.
- The huge underwater mountain range, called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, runs about ten thousand miles south of Iceland. It is wider than the mountains of the Andes, and breaks the Atlantic Ocean from north to south.
- Greenland is located in the north, where the Atlantic Ocean connects with the Arctic Ocean. It is the largest island in the ocean, and ice covers most of the island. From time to time, icebergs burst and move through the water.
- The largest ship in the world in the early 1800s was the famous "Titanic". Shipbuilders claimed that it was “unsinkable”, but in 1812, on its first voyage to America, the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean after an iceberg hit.
- The Atlantic Ocean is much more salty than in the Pacific.
- The tiger shark, the most dangerous after the Great White Shark, is found only in the Atlantic Ocean.
- The large Atlantic shark weighs about four tons and is the second largest in the world. They are about 450,000 people.
- About one-fifth, or twenty-one percent of the land consistors of the land of the Atlantic Ocean. The widest part of the ocean lies between Mexico and Spain.
- In 1850, the Cunard cruise line developed a line of steamboats and began to carry passengers across the Atlantic. They are the pioneers of World Voyage Cruises. Today, the Cunard Cruise Line offers luxury vacations for the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and Europe.
- The Concorde, which had up to one hundred passengers, was the first supersonic flight that crossed the Atlantic Ocean at double the speed of sound. Less than four hours passed across the Atlantic.
- The most mysterious area in the ocean is known as the Bermuda Triangle. Located on the southeastern coast of the United States, the triangle points are located on the island of Bermuda, San Juan Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida. It covers about five hundred thousand square miles in the Atlantic Ocean. Secrets began in 1945, when the group on the fighters of the United States disappeared. Since that time, there have been many unexplained disappearances of ships, people and aircraft. Secrets are still being discussed.
- In the Atlantic Ocean is the second largest barrier reef in the world, located off the coast of Mexico. This is called the Cancun Reef.
- The highest tides in the world, about fifty feet high, occur in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. The bay is located on the east coast of Canada and extends from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia. The area of the ocean bay is one hundred and seventy miles.
- One quarter of the world's fish fall into the Atlantic Ocean.
- The ocean is bordered by the western part of Namibia, in southern Africa. This is a desert region in which most of the world's diamonds are found. Today, most diamonds are mined on the shelf because reserves near the coast are depleted.
- From 1716 to 1718, Blackboard Pirate and his crew went to the Atlantic Ocean, terrorizing other sailors. He was very well known in the Outer Banks of the Carolina coast. He had a reputation as a ruthless monster, and he was killed in 1718 on the island of Okrakoka. His head was attached to the bow of the ship. Legend has it that Blackbeard left a large buried treasure along the coast of Carolina, but it was never found.
- In the middle of the ocean, near the West Indies, is the Sargasso Sea. It is also known as the "floating desert". The water is very calm and filled with algae. The water moves clockwise, contains very high levels of salt and is extremely transparent and very blue in color. One of the most bizarre things is that eels attract this area and come from all sides to mate and lay eggs.
I hope you enjoyed the interesting facts about the Atlantic Ocean, just like me. I am sure that the next time you find yourself near the ocean, especially in the Atlantic, some of these facts will cross your mind!
