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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]]'')}} | {{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]]'')}} | ||
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]]''', 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]] of [[Iceland]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Universal Databank (reference book)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 01:00, 19 September 2024
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, TV: The Lie of the Land) It included the island of Iceland. (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"])
History
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)
