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{{first pic|North Sea map.jpg|The location of the North Atlantic. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'')}}
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The '''[[North]] [[Atlantic]] [[Ocean]]''', simply the '''North Atlantic''', was situated to the [[east]] of [[North America]] and [[west]] of the [[British Isles]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Americas (feature)|The Americas]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'')
The '''[[North]] [[Atlantic]] [[Ocean]]''' or '''northern Atlantic Ocean''', simply the '''North Atlantic''', was situated to the [[east]] of [[North America]] and [[west]] of the [[British Isles]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Americas (feature)|The Americas]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') It included the [[island]]s of [[Greenland]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Discovered America? (short story)}}) and [[Iceland]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Universal Databank (reference book)}})


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Arctic Circle map bottom left (BOTC).jpg|thumb|left|Greenland on a map of the Arctic Circle. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]'')]]
The [[Great Auk]] lived in the North Atlantic until [[1844]], when it was [[hunt]]ed to [[extinction]] by [[human]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Last Dodo (novel)}})
In [[1943]], during the [[Second World War]], [[U-boat]]s operated in the North Atlantic. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') It was the namesake of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]],  developed in the late [[1940s]] after the [[war]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'')
In [[1943]], during the [[Second World War]], [[U-boat]]s operated in the North Atlantic. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') It was the namesake of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]],  developed in the late [[1940s]] after the [[war]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'')


[[Category:Bodies of water from the real world]]
[[Category:Bodies of water from the real world]]

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North Atlantic
The location of the North Atlantic. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

The North Atlantic Ocean or northern Atlantic Ocean, simply the North Atlantic, was situated to the east of North America and west of the British Isles. (PROSE: The Americas, TV: The Lie of the Land) It included the islands of Greenland (PROSE: Who Discovered America? [+]Loading...["Who Discovered America? (short story)"]) and Iceland. (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"])

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Greenland on a map of the Arctic Circle. (GAME: Blood of the Cybermen)

The Great Auk lived in the North Atlantic until 1844, when it was hunted to extinction by humans. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"])

In 1943, during the Second World War, U-boats operated in the North Atlantic. (TV: The Curse of Fenric) It was the namesake of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, developed in the late 1940s after the war. (PROSE: Endgame)