North Atlantic

[ nawrth at-lan-tik ]

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noun

the region of the world that lies in the Northern Hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean, including all the coastal countries, islands, and archipelagos located there:
As a biologist based in Newfoundland, she has a particular interest in the flora and fauna of the North Atlantic.

adjective

of or relating to the region of the world that lies in the Northern Hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean, often specifically to the North Atlantic Ocean itself:
The most active time for North Atlantic hurricane development seems to be from mid-August to mid-October.

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Band leader Wallace Hartley and his fellow musicians were all killed along with more than 1,500 others after the ocean liner hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic in 1912.

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The letter was dated 10 April 1912, the day he boarded the Titanic in Southampton, and five days before it sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

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As high pressure gradually shifts a little more into Europe, an area of low pressure in the North Atlantic will start to edge closer.

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"Every strategic kind of infrastructure, American and Nato infrastructure, which we have on our soil is strengthening the inclination of the US and the North Atlantic Alliance to defend this territory."

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The technology was developed initially for fisheries in the US and Canada where endangered North Atlantic right whales have died in entanglements.

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North Arlington North Atlantic Current

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