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Did You Know?
- The Atlantic Ocean is generally agreed to be both the first ocean crossed by ship and by plane.
- Off the coast of Namibia in southern Africa, diamond deposits have been located in the Atlantic Ocean.
- The Atlantic Ocean is the youngest of the five oceans, having formed during the Jurassic Period approximately 150 million years ago following the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea.
- The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean on Earth, accounting for one fifth of the Earth's surface and 29% of the Earth's water.
- The United States is less than one sixth the size of the Atlantic Ocean.
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