Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic covers about 106,460,000 square kilometres in all, reaching north to the Arctic and south to the Southern Ocean.

Source: oceanservice.noaa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the South Atlantic Ocean label sits at 34.6° S, 18.3° W, in the Southern and Western Hemispheres.

Also labelled Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Namib Desert — about 3,400 km east
• Southern Ocean — about 3,500 km south
• Kalahari Desert — about 4,000 km east
• Antarctic Peninsula — about 4,900 km south

Play with it

• Today’s daily geography challenge — one shared round, playable offline.
• Guess the country by its shape — six guesses, with distance and direction after each.
• Start with easy questions — familiar countries, hints and no time limit.