Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, extending southward from the equator to Antarctica.
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It has a narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is its only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean.
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Namibia is a nation in southern-Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola to the north and South Africato the south.
Namibia 2009
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Angola (officially "Republic of Angola") is a large nation in south-central Africa that fronts the South Atlantic Ocean.
Angola 2009
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It is a substantial result of the observations made on the Fram's voyage that they give us an idea of great annual variations in so important a region as the South Atlantic Ocean.
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South Georgiais an island group in the South Atlantic Ocean which lies about 1,390 kilometres (864 miles) east-southeast of the Falkland Islands, at 54° – 55°S, 36° – 38°W.
South Georgia 2009
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North lies the South Atlantic Ocean and south, the Weddell Sea in a region of the Southern Ocean referred to as the Scotia Sea after the ship of the 1903 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition which explored the area.
South Orkney Islands 2009
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Elevation extremes: lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Bouvet Island 2008
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Bouvet Islandlowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Olav Peak 935 m
Elevation extremes 2008
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Geographynote: straddles equator; has very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands
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Gough Island is the least disturbed major cool-temperate island ecosystem in the South Atlantic Ocean, and one of the most important sea-bird colonies in the world.
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