Atlantic Ocean

Basic Information

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans and seperates the continents of Europe and Africa from North and South America. It takes its name from Atlas of Greek legend.

Plato's continent of Atlantis was supposed to have been located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Although his continent has never been conclusively found, in the 1960s scientists did find a ridge on the ocean floor running smack dab up the middle of the ocean.

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See Also:

• Amelia Earhart
• Atlantis
• Bermuda Triangle
• Charles Lindbergh
• Christopher Columbus
• Douglas Corrigan
• Gulf Stream
• Sargasso Sea

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia article: Atlantic Ocean

Game and Story Use

• An adventure might take place during a trans-atlantic crossing.
• In an earlier century, a trans-atlantic crossing would be an adventure in itself.
  • Even in the present day, such a crossing in a small vessel would be an adventure