North Atlantic Ocean

Also North Atlantic

1. the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, extending from the equator to the Arctic Ocean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of North Atlantic Ocean¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory made up of 181 islands in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Instances of moderate or more violent clear-air turbulence have increased by 37% over the north Atlantic Ocean over the last 40 years, according to a 2023 study analyzing data from 1979 to 2020.

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Mr. Probst’s enthusiasm for the Titanic — which puts him somewhere between a collector and historian, he said — makes him part of a small but zealous community seeking out memorabilia from the ship, which sank after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 1,500 people.

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Or seabirds that congregate in the north Atlantic Ocean might have carried the virus ashore when they returned to Newfoundland to breed.

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Researchers in Syracuse University's Bioacoustics and Behavioral Ecology Lab, led by Susan Parks, professor of biology, have been utilizing this technology to study the behavior of humpback whales in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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