Childrens Illustrated World Atlas

Labrador

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North

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Sargasso

Gulf of Sea

Mexico

Caribbean Sea

Gulf of

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Sea

Scotia

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Gulf of San Jorge

Gulf of San Matías

Dra

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Bay of

Biscay

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

PACIFIC

OCEAN

SOUTHERN OCEAN

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Sierra

Leone

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Sierra

Leone

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Doldrums Fra

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Kane

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Iceland
Basin
Reykjanes
Basin
Chile
Basin

Pernambuco

Plain

Panama

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Colombian

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Basin

Cape

Basin

Rio Grande

Rise

Brazil

Basin

Angola

Basin

Cape Verde

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Great Meteor

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Amazon

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British

Isles

Newfoundland

Canary Islands

(to Spain)

Madeira

(to Portugal)

Azores

(to Portugal)

Fernando de

Noronha

(to Brazil)

Galápagos Islands

(to Ecuador)

Gough Island

(to Tristan da Cunha)

Ilha da

Trindade

(to Brazil)

Gr

eat

er

Ant

illes

Lesser

An

til

le

s^

ST HELENA

(to UK)

SOUTH SANDWICH

ISLANDS

(to UK)

SOUTH GEORGIA

(to UK)

FALKLAND ISLANDS

(to UK)

TRISTAN DA CUNHA

(to UK)

BOUVET

ISLAND

(to Norway)

FAROE ISLANDS

(to Denmark)

GREENLAND

(to Denmark)

BERMUDA

(to UK)

ASCENSION ISLAND

(to UK)

REYKJAVIK

PRAIA

CAPE

VERDE

ICELAND

SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH

AMERICA

EUROPE

AFRICA

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Cape

Horn

Cape of

Good Hope

Sahara

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Mineral-rich waters

in the Blue Lagoon,

Iceland, are said to

be beneficial to

people’s health.

ICELAND

Iceland is situated in the north Atlantic on

the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. As a result, it has at

least 20 active volcanoes and suffers frequent

earthquakes. There are numerous thermal

springs with boiling mud lakes and geysers.

Water from hot springs (above) is used to

provide hot water and heating for much of

Iceland’s population, most of whom live

on the coast. The warm Gulf Stream

ensures that the country’s ports

stay ice-free in winter.

ICEBERGS

Icebergs in the Atlantic Ocean are

formed when icesheets and glaciers

reach the sea. Parts break off and start

to drift, driven by winds and currents.

4

The Atlantic

covers one-fifth

of Earth’s

surface.

Atlantic Ocean

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