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Samuel Dunn's 1794 General Map of the World or Terraqueous Globe shows a Southern Ocean (but meaning what is today named the South Atlantic) and a Southern Icy Ocean. A New Map of Asia, from the Latest Authorities, by John Cary , Engraver, 1806 , shows the Southern Ocean lying to the south of both the Indian Ocean and Australia.
The Northwestern limit of the North Sea, [Atl 8] the Northern and Western limits of the Scottish Seas, [Atl 9] the Southern limit of the Irish Sea, [Atl 10] the Western limits of the Bristol [Atl 11] and English Channels, [Atl 12] of the Bay of Biscay [Atl 13] and of the Mediterranean Sea. [Atl 14] On the South.
The South Atlantic is dominated by the anti-cyclonic southern subtropical gyre. The South Atlantic Central Water originates in this gyre, while Antarctic Intermediate Water originates in the upper layers of the circumpolar region, near the Drake Passage and the Falkland Islands. Both these currents receive some contribution from the Indian Ocean.
World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]
List of states and territories with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean — including the North, Baltic, Mediterranean, and Black Seas — (territories italicized). Eurasia [ edit ]
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Note that the definition of the ocean used by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) excludes the seas, gulfs, bays, etc., bordering the ocean itself. [1] Thus, for instance, not all of the islands of the United Kingdom are actually in or bordering on the Atlantic. For reference, islands in gulfs and seas are included in a separate ...
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