South Atlantic
Between two continents
The South Atlantic is the portion of the Atlantic Ocean lying south of the equator, bounded by South America to the west and Africa to the east.
It extends southward to the waters around Antarctica.
The term also appears in regional designations: the South Atlantic states of the U.S. include the coastal states from Delaware to Florida.
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- Falkland IslandsBritish archipelago near Argentina
- Benguela CurrentCold eastern Atlantic current
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- MalvinasArgentine name for Falklands
remote · St. Helena · slave trade routes · subantarctic · Cape Horn · Cape of Good Hope · isolation · humpback whale · kelp forests · krill · whales · gyre · Brazil · doldrums · Tristan · crossing · voyage · seafaring tales
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- Atlantic OceanGulf Stream, Bermuda Triangle, Sargasso Sea, Azores, Cape Verde
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Sun Belt
- Southern HemisphereAntarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia, Argentina
- Southern PlacesDixie, Patagonia, Antarctica, Southland
South AtlanticNorth Atlantic
Ocean basin, northwestern
Arctic Ocean · Northern Hemisphere · Arctic · North Sea · Caribbean Sea
South AtlanticNorth Pacific
Upper half of largest ocean
South Pacific · Pacific Ocean · Arctic Ocean · Bering Sea · Indian Ocean
south, southern, southward, southerly, Atlantic, transatlantic, southwards, Atlantis, South