South Atlantic

[ south at-lan-tik ]

noun

1. the region of the world that lies in the Southern Hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean, including all the coastal countries, islands, and archipelagos located there:

   I’ve got relatives throughout the South Atlantic, but my cousins in Uruguay are the only ones I really know.

adjective

1. of or relating to the region of the world that lies in the Southern Hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean, often specifically to the South Atlantic Ocean itself:

   their South Atlantic adventures aboard a small fishing boat.

Example Sentences

June 2009: An Air France Airbus A330 on a flight from Rio to Paris with 228 people aboard disappears over the South Atlantic.

From The Daily Beast

The loss of Air France 447 in the South Atlantic in 2009 rang all the right alarms.

From The Daily Beast

Two years ago, Air France flight 447 disappeared in the remote South Atlantic seas.

From The Daily Beast

On Monday the BEA said the sea search was being delayed by the time needed to get vessels back into the South Atlantic.

From The Daily Beast

There have already been two expensive efforts to scour the ocean bed of the South Atlantic since the Airbus A330 disappeared.

From The Daily Beast

Among the unnamed fish, there is one exactly similar to a species found by my late friend Mr. Cranch, in the South Atlantic.

From Project Gutenberg

White-eyed Towhee (alleni) has white eyes instead of red and less white on the tail; found on the South Atlantic coast.

From Project Gutenberg

I have occasionally seen them in the South Atlantic, though they are said to have diminished there of late years.

From Project Gutenberg

The easier transport of cotton and the development of the South Atlantic ports were the thoughts uppermost.

From Project Gutenberg

This fact would seem to point to the great antiquity of the South Atlantic Ocean.

From Project Gutenberg