ATLANTIC OCEAN

ocean sop a rating Old from New World, Europe and Africa lying to E., N. and 8. America to W.; opens northward into Arctic Ocean; spreads out southward into great Southern Ocean, with extreme length of c. 8,500 m. along part enclosed by land; greatest breadth, ec. 5,000 m.; narrowest part, between Brazil and African coast, 1,800 m. Area, c. 41,- 000,000 sq. m. Deepest point, 70 m. N. from Porto Rico, has depth of 4,662 fathoms. Bed cro ed by number of telegraphic cables along H.-W. elevation. Relatively saltier than other oceans. | Chief commercial highway of world.