transatlantic route
Cross-Atlantic shipping lane
A transatlantic route is a path across the Atlantic Ocean, whether by sea or air.
The term most often refers to commercial airline routes connecting North America and Europe: The transatlantic route from New York to London is one of the busiest in the world.
Historically, it described shipping lanes traveled by ocean liners and cargo vessels.
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- sea voyageTravel across ocean waters
- voyageJourney by sea
maiden voyage · steamship · ocean liner · liner · passage · shipping · shipping lane · flight · flight path · air travel · maritime · seafaring · Cunard · journey · nautical · westbound · eastbound · sailing
- Atlantic OceanGulf Stream, Bermuda Triangle, Sargasso Sea, Azores, Cape Verde
- trade historycommerce, merchant, traders, colonial economy, trader
- airmail systemmail planes, sorting facilities, airfields, express mail, delivery schedules
- sea routesshipping lane, Northwest Passage, Northeast Passage, sea lanes, seaways
- steamship routes
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
transatlantic routeoverland route
Path traversing terrain, not water
transcontinental railway · transcontinental route · land bridge · caravan route · Silk Road
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