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Toothed whale is the general term for any of the various aquatic mammals ... importance. In particular, the sperm whale has been hunted commercially ...

) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It is ... (2,500 km) and across two oceans, (the Atlantic and the Indian). ...

exist. Four populations are in the Atlantic, of the subspecies Odobenus ... alteration, via Dutch walvis, "whale," and ros, "horse ...

) is located on the Atlantic Ocean coastline of North America, at ... collisions between ships and the North Atlantic Right Whale. In 2003, the Canadian ...

The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about ... This archipelago is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, spread ...

Narwhal is the common name for an Arctic whale, Monodon monoceros ... The narwhal also is known as the unicorn whale because of its unique ...

a giant squid locked in battle with a sperm whale is a common one, although ... near continental and island slopes from the North Atlantic Ocean, especially ...

the Southern Ocean from the waters in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. In essence ... As an ocean, the waters also provide squid, whale, sea mammals, krill, and ...

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic ... The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending ...

Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly equidistant ... Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about halfway ...

simply: Cape Breton) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. ... The eastern and southern coasts front the Atlantic Ocean; its eastern coast ...

* Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra * Killer whale, Orcinus orca * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata ...

that tell of how Brendan set out onto the Atlantic Ocean with sixty pilgrims ... Navigatio could have potentially reached North America. ...

within the Arctic Circle and includes the North Pole region. Extending south ... bridge that joined Siberia to northwestern North America (Alaska). ...

and east of the Laurentian Channel on the North American continental shelf ... Fish species include Atlantic cod, haddock, capelin, Atlantic halibut ...

haven for the Harp Seal, walrus, beluga whale, narwhal, and bowhead whale. ... established in the 1850s as part of the North Atlantic whaling industry ...

east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... connecting goods and consumers throughout North America. ...

of the most important European explorers of North America ... just 577 nautical miles south of the North Pole and discovered what ...

southern tip of South America linking the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean ... of the Panama Canal, which shortened the Atlantic Pacific passage by several ...

the New England colonies became the first North American British colonies ... Minke Whale, and the protected North Atlantic Right Whale are often observed ...

#039;s water surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia (including the Indian ... of the Indian Ocean is approximately 30° north latitude in the Persian Gulf ...

the world's five oceans – Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic ... order of size) the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean ...

oceans and the southern Indian and Atlantic oceans. These marine mammals ... Miocene (10 to 12 million years ago) in the North Pacific, diversifying rapidly ...

as food for baleen whales, manta rays, whale sharks, crabeater seals and ... the genus Thysanoessa occur in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, which ...

is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off ... Bermuda is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly 580 nautical ...

for Elizabeth's subjects to settle in North America, where they brought ... skills on the difficult waters of the North Sea, and after the death ...

forests are considered to have extended right to the poles, while rainy ... to freeze, sending cold water and icefloes north, reinforcing the cooling. ...

Baffin Island semi-enclose the Bay on its north. The Hudson Strait exits ... of four U.S. states (Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota). ...

The North Sea is a marginal, epeiric sea on the European continental ... . A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North ...

Cuba. Its geographic coordinates are 19°30 north, 80°30 west. ... tropical cyclones that form during the Atlantic hurricane season from July ...

many different land regions including the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the East ... Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic ...

Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont; ... [[Image:Northatlrightwhale MMC.jpg|thumb|right|North Atlantic Right Whale]] ...

boat unloading its catch in Ilfracombe harbor, North Devon, England.]] A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort (industry, occupation ...

is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast ... nation associated with the continent of North America, politically and ...

by the Gulf of Mexico on its west and the Atlantic Ocean on its east. ... inhabited European settlement on the North American continent, and the ...

(9 inches) in length, to the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, the ... Sharks are mostly marine and mostly carnivorous. However, the whale ...

The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic ... of coral reef. Whales breed off of the north end of Saint Thomas from ...

#039;s extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean is marked ... is bordered by the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and Skagerak. The Barents ...

of Iceland and its outlying islets in the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland ... Iceland is a member of the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ...

a dugong tail is forked, similar in shape to a whale's. ... They may on occasion stray up the mid-Atlantic coast in summer. Half a ...

merchants became wealthy through the Atlantic slave trade. John Wesley ... The "slave trade" was the Atlantic slave trade, the trafficking ...

amphibius actually was widespread in North Africa and Europe. ... html "Hippopotamus and whale phylogeny,"] Nature ...

Pole Ocean or Antarctic Ocean) and the North Pacific Ocean. They are generally ... , the mollymawks (Thalassarche), the North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria ...

rock formations. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of the U.S. ... their slaves from New York, Florida, and North and South Carolina. The United ...

Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific ... who had originally come from the north in the "morning of time ...

Zealand. There are no penguins based at the North Pole, as sometimes depicted ... predators include the leopard seal, killer whale, shark, rat, and stoat. ...

the bottom reduces performance. Under the right conditions these sound waves ... If the sound source is deep and the conditions are right, propagation ...

in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America, and Greenland. ... and the coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, Bering Sea, and ...

Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and ... bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and shares borders with Guatemala ...

in the extreme northwest portion of the North American continent, is the ... *The North Slope is known for its oil reservoirs and extreme climate. ...

The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, situated in the Atlantic ... The Obô, an Atlantic rain forest of high altitude, covers about 30 ...

Sound, on the west by New York, on the north by Massachusetts, and on ... Sound, Connecticut's outlet to the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay. To the north are the Hudson Strait and ... the largest city, Montreal, are situated. North of Montreal are the Laurentians ...

In North America two types of longhouse were developed: The Native ... Tribes or ethnic groups in the northeast of North America, south and ...

#039;s oceanic waters, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern ... smaller bodies of seawater, such as the North Sea or the Red Sea. There ...

Andes Mountains in the west and the South Atlantic Ocean in the east and south ... Argentina is nearly 2,300 miles (3,700 km ) long from north to south ...

It is the only New England state with no Atlantic Ocean coastline. Notable ... United States, Vermont is bordered to the north by the Canadian province ...

continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America; ... the northern lands of Europe, Asia, and North Africa—had existed since ...

each of which must be profitable in its own right. The “downstream ... hands of South African brokers, who sent it north by rail through Mozambique ...

and the defection of some liberals to the right side of the political spectrum; ... against liberals who had "moved to the right."Jonah Goldberg, [http://www ...

; to the north, it broaches the Sea of Crete (Greek: Κρητικό ... There are a number of peninsulas and gulfs on the north side of Crete ...

saw action in the First Battle of the Atlantic, and were responsible for ... effect in the Second Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, attempting ...

by native American Pit River people in north-eastern California. ... large competitive circuits, especially in North America. Competitors are ...

to as simply Ireland, is a country in north-western Europe occupying ... It is bound to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the northeast by ...

him, he declared that he was going to North Africa to join the Foreign ... posed for photos on the back of a dead whale. She was condemned as immoral ...