North Atlantic Ocean
Between Europe, America
The North Atlantic Ocean is the northern portion of the Atlantic Ocean, extending roughly from the equator to the Arctic.
It separates North America and Europe, containing major shipping lanes and the Gulf Stream current.
Transatlantic flights cross the North Atlantic.
Warm Atlantic ocean current
- Sargasso SeaBoundaryless Atlantic gyre region
- continental shelfSubmerged perimeter of landmass
- Grand BanksSubmerged plateau, rich fishery
- BermudaNorth Atlantic island group
Azores · Canary Islands · Iceland · Greenland · Irish Sea · Bay of Biscay · gyre · basin
Cold-water food fish
- whaleHuge sea mammal
- haddockEdible Atlantic groundfish
- mackerelSwift, oily ocean fish
- bluefin tunaLarge pelagic fish, Thunnus
puffin · seal · dolphin · shark · kelp · plankton · krill · Grand Banks
Extremely and intensely cold
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- polarOf extreme latitudes
iceberg · freezing · chilly · wintry · subpolar · hypothermia · Titanic · ice floe
Ohio's seat of government
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- VinlandNorse term for America
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
- Age of DiscoveryEuropean maritime expansion era
navigator · seafaring · charted · longitude · latitude · Erikson · Cabot · astrolabe
Gulf Stream
Warm Atlantic ocean current
- Sargasso SeaBoundaryless Atlantic gyre region
- continental shelfSubmerged perimeter of landmass
- Grand BanksSubmerged plateau, rich fishery
Bermuda · Azores · Canary Islands · Iceland · Greenland · Irish Sea · Bay of Biscay · gyre · basin · depth
cod
Cold-water food fish
bluefin tuna · puffin · seal · dolphin · shark · kelp · plankton · krill · Grand Banks · Sargasso Sea
frigid
Extremely and intensely cold
polar · iceberg · freezing · chilly · wintry · subpolar · hypothermia · Titanic · ice floe · nor'easter
Columbus
Ohio's seat of government
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- VinlandNorse term for America
- caravelSmall Portuguese exploration ship
Age of Discovery · navigator · seafaring · charted · longitude · latitude · Erikson · Cabot · astrolabe · New World
expanse
Unbroken area of space
open water · deep · endless · blue · wide · stretching · unbroken · mighty · powerful · great
trade route
Path for commerce
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- portDocking place for ships
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
cargo · Liverpool · New York · Rotterdam · Hamburg · Halifax · convoy · tanker · freighter · seaport
North Atlantic OceanSouth Atlantic Ocean
Equator-to-Antarctica basin west of Africa
north, northern, northerly, northward, northwards, northerner, northernmost, Atlantic, ocean