Bible Encyclopedias
Atlantic, the

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The most important, best known, most traversed and best provided for traffic of all the oceans on the globe, connecting, rather than separating, the Old World and the New; covers nearly one-fifth of the surface of the earth; length 9000 m., its average breadth 2700 m.; its average depth 15,000 ft., or from 3 to 5 m., with waves in consequence of greater height and volume than those of any other sea.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Atlantic, the'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/atlantic-the.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.