Talk:Atlantic Ocean

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"The Pond".

The article suggests that Americans refer to Brits as being from "across the Pond". This is obviously incorrect, as "the Pond" is a cutesy term only used by Brits (and the occasional fat 19 year old American girl who loves Jude Law and desperately hopes to study abroad in London). I threw up a "fact" tag but I leave it up to other editors to sort out this mess. Wormwoodpoppies (talk) 05:46, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

this is not anoffe information help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.228.169 (talk) 23:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal

The Ethiopic Ocean article just seems like a sub section of the Atlantic Ocean which has been given its own wee article. Would be better placed in this article with a redirect on the Ethiopic Ocean article. Alan16 (talk) 20:25, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Name

I've lone assumed that the Atlantic ocean was at least in part named after the mythical city of Atlantis, which was believed in ancient times to be in what we now call the Atlantic ocean. It seems very similar too; Atlantis and Atlantic. I've tried to edit something about this in several times and it had been each time taken out. Ptolemaios I (talk) 02:52, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I've noticed on the 1741 map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_new_and_correct_map_of_the_trading_part_of_the_West_Indies.png says "The Western or Atlantic Ocean". I wonder if this ocean was called the Western Ocean for a period. I don't see any mention of this in the article. 174.0.251.171 (talk) 12:27, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid I have no actual proof, but it does seem to me obvious that at least in some way it came from Atlantis. Maybe Atlantis has something to do with Atlas and that would explain what is in the article, but I doubt it. I just don't know where to look for proof. As to the Western Ocean I think it should be looked into as well. Ptolemaios I (talk) 02:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

St. Brendan and the List of People to Cross the Atlantic

I put St. Brendan in the list of people to cross the Atlantic Ocean. I said "it is believed by some" that St. Brendan crossed the ocean, or something like that, in order that it wouldn't offend anybody and so that it wouldn't be "incorrect". Somebody messed up edit using improper English and incorrect grammar, then someone took it completely off. I'm not sure if the list should be there in the first place (we should probably just put on "the first person to cross the Atlantic was..."), but if it is there, St. Brendan should be on it. Any comments are appreciated --Germpolice (talk) 17:11, 15 December 2009 (UTC)Germpolice

I just fixed it. If anyone doesn't like it, please talk about it here, first. Please don't let you personal beliefs or your dislike of the beliefs of others get in the way. I believe that my edit is neutral. --Germpolice (talk) 17:11, 15 December 2009 (UTC)Germpolice

To make the article consistent, it should also include all the other people who are believed by some to have crossed the Atlantic before Columbus, such as the Andalusian Musilms Khashkhash_Ibn_Saeed_Ibn_Aswad and Ibn Farrukh, the Mali king Abubakari_II, some unknown ancient egyptians traveling in a papirus boat, the Lost Tribes of Israel etc 194.224.111.165 (talk) 15:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Unnecessary Info on the List of People to Cross the Atlantic

I just removed the first trans-Atlantic telephone call from the list. No one actually crossed the Atlantic when making the call, right? If you want to put it back on, talk about it here first.

History Section Pangaea animation

The animation provides old and false information and should be revised or deleted. The errors are the attachments of South America to South Western Africa. The East Coast of Australia coincides exactly with the west coast (mid south west of the shoreline). The Eastern Arabian coastline corresponds exactly to the West North West Coastline of Africa. The Northern coastline of South America corresponds to the North East coast of Africa, such that the Isthmus of Panama contacts the tip of the Horn of Africa and the mouths of the Nile and the Amazon are close to each other. The Indian Himalayan ridgeline\coastline corresponds well to the southern tip of south Africa.

Sorry if I just blew 60 years worth of tectonics out of the Atlantic, but somebody had to show the facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.212.244 (talk) 03:18, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I would think that the community of geographers might have noticed this, in which case you would need to cite a reliable source for this. My impression is that it isn't likely to happen unless you can do this, otherwise it's impermissible original research. Rodhullandemu 03:21, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Finland and Russia?

Hay aren't Finland and Russia and the rest of countries facing the Baltic sea a part of countries those touch the Atlantic Ocean? Isn't the Baltic sea a part of the ocean like the Mediterranean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.4.249.226 (talk) 06:14, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Good point. But the Baltic and Med countries are only really Atlantic seas from a hydrological point of view, and so I don't think it's really sensible to include them in the list - they'll just look wrong. I'll add some words in the article that covers this. Bazonka (talk) 16:28, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Generally Accepted Usage

The North Atlantic is generally defined as the Atlantic Ocean between the Canadian border and Europe. The North Atlantic should not be confused with the Niggers of Atlanta, for example. Therefore the North Atlantic specifically excludes the United states. This is a generally accepted and agreed upon usage in order to avoid hijackers and piracy.