ments:
NA
Note:
ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north Atlantic from
October to May and extreme south Atlantic from May to October;
persistent fog can be a hazard to shipping from May to September;
major choke points include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar,
access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the
Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound
(Oresund), and Windward Passage; north Atlantic shipping lanes subject
to icebergs from February to August; the Equator divides the Atlantic
Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean

@Atlantic Ocean, Government

Digraph:
ZH

@Atlantic Ocean, Economy

Overview:
The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily
trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western
Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of
natural resources, e.g., fishing, the dredging of aragonite sands (The
Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea,
Gulf of Mexico, and North Sea).

@Atlantic Ocean, Communications

Ports:
Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona
(Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon
(Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland),
Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands,
Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille
(France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New
Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Piraeus
(Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint
Petersburg (formerly Leningrad; Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
Telecommunications:
numerous submarine cables with most between continental Europe and the
UK, North America and the UK, and in the Mediterranean; numerous
direct links across Atlantic via INTELSAT satellite network
Note:
Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways

@Australia, Geography

Location:
Southwestern Oceania, between Indonesia and New Zealand
Map references:
Southeast Asia, Oceania, Antarctic Region, Standard Time Zones of the
World
Area:
total area:
7,686,850 sq km
land area:
7,617,930 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than the US
note:
includes Macquarie Island
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
25,760 km
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