Atlantic Ocean: Misc

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reports of "lizards with two tails" on Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic Ocean may have been based on Trachylepis atlantica (pictured)?
the airship Patrie (pictured) broke free from its moorings at Souhesmes, France, blew across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and was eventually lost in the Atlantic Ocean?
one ship had to deal with Hurricane Tanya twice in two different areas of the North Atlantic Ocean five days apart in 1995?
one of the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat, which went on to serve in the Luftwaffe in WWII?
in 1929, the American cargo ship SS West Alsek became the first steamship powered solely by pulverized coal-fired boilers to cross the Atlantic Ocean?
one of the Sunken Forests of New Hampshire off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire, hasn't been above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean since 1978?
the crustaceans known as giant isopods, which live in the depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, can grow up to 45 centimetres long?
the documentary film Aliens of the Deep by Academy Award winner James Cameron and Steven Quale was made using footage of at least 40 deep sea dives in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
the roughtail stingray is the largest stingray in the Atlantic Ocean, at up to 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) across and weighing 300 kilograms (660 lb)?
the hurricane database HURDAT contains information about every tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean since 1851?
the Iroise Sea on the Atlantic Ocean is France's first marine park?
the Braer Storm of January 1993 (pictured) is the extratropical cyclone with the lowest central pressure ever known to have existed in the northern Atlantic Ocean?
the Atlantic bumper is only found in the Atlantic Ocean because its ecological niche is filled by the only other member of its genus elsewhere?
identical Norwegian Lady Statues commemorating a shipwreck are located in the sister cities of Moss, Norway and Virginia Beach, Virginia facing each other across the Atlantic Ocean?
historian Philip D. Curtin challenged widely-used estimates that 20 million African slaves had crossed the Atlantic, estimating that 9.5 million had arrived in the Americas by 1870?
Frances has tied Arlene (at eight times) as the most-used name for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean?
1980's Hurricane Karl evolved at the center of another, larger storm that occupied much of the North Atlantic, and set multiple records for its unusual location and date?
Hurricane Alberto of 2000 completed the largest loop ever observed over the Atlantic Ocean?
American actress Susan Oliver, after surviving a plane crash that almost ended her life, became the first woman to fly a single-engined aircraft solo from New York City across the Atlantic Ocean?
1979's Hurricane Bob was the first male name ever used for a hurricane in the Atlantic basin?
cargo ship SS West Nohno was the first American merchant vessel to be armed for service in the Atlantic during World War II?
Mittelafrika was a prospective colony of the German Empire, articulating their aim to annex the land area stretching across Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean?
Seb Clover, who sailed the English Channel solo at age 11, set a world record at age 15 when he raced against his father in an Atlantic Ocean crossing?
a British rower attempting to break the record for the quickest solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean abandoned his boat due to the approach of Hurricane Bill?
despite being a widely-used garden plant on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Salvia interrupta can only be found in nature in the Atlas Mountains in the African country of Morocco?
Savannah (pictured), the world's first steamship to cross the Atlantic, was converted into a sailing ship on returning from her historic voyage?
Pollicipes pollicipes (pictured), a goose barnacle found on rocky shores in the north-east Atlantic Ocean, is a delicacy in Spain where it may fetch up to €90 per kilogram?
William Dudley Chipley first brought rail lines to Pensacola, Florida, connecting the Atlantic coast of Florida with other Gulf Coast states for the first time?
1998's Hurricane Karl was one of four simultaneous hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean at one time, the first such occurrence since 1893?

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Up to date as of January 31, 2010

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

The Atlantic Ocean was an Earth ocean that bordered North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.

1 Historical events
- 1.1 Distant past
- 1.2 Modern era
  - 1.2.1 19th century
  - 1.2.2 20th century

Historical events

Distant past

Circa 4 billion BC, the area of Earth that would later become the middle of the Atlantic was a vast, rocky wasteland. (DW: City of Death)

Modern era

19th century

While crossing the Atlantic in 1872, the Mary Celeste encountered first the Doctor and the TARDIS and then the Daleks, abandoning ship to escape the latter. The mysteriously abandoned ship passed into legend. (DW: The Chase)

Other explanations have been given to explain the mystery. (DWA: The Mystery of the Marie Celeste, TVA: A Stitch in Time) (However, as these both refer to a ship called Marie Celeste, not Mary Celeste, it is possible that it might be a different ship altogether.)

20th century

In 1912, the RMS Titanic was crossing the Atlantic when it famously hit an iceberg and sank. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)

In 1915, during World War I, the Doctor's TARDIS materialised on a ship crossing the Atlantic which was shortly hit by a German torpedo and sank. (BFA: The Sirens of Time)

The Doctor's TARDIS landed on the Queen Mary in 1963. (TN: Ghost Ship)