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Atlantic Ocean (ocean) |
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Lat: 10 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 10.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 025 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -25.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Body of water that separates North and South America from Europe and Africa, covers around 42,000,000 square miles and is on average 12,250 feet deep; may be referred to as divided into North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean. |
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Atlantic Ocean (preferred,C,O)
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Atlantic (C,V)
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Atlántico, Océano (C,O)
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Atlantique, Océan (C,O)
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Océan Atlantique (C,V)
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Atlantischer Ozean (C,O)
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Oceanus Atlanticus (H,V)
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