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The Atlantic waves beat on the Isles of Aran, County Galway

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceans. It lies to the west of the British Isles and reaches southward to the Falkland Islands and the Southern Ocean. With a total area of about 41,000,000 square miles, the Atlantic covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area. The ocean contains numerous islands including the British Isles themselves, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ascension St Helena, Ascension, and in the south the Falklands and South Georgia, while Gibraltar marks the gateway between the ocean and the Mediterranean. (Read more)