The inch is usually the universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is widely used in the United Kingdom, and Canada, despite the introduction of metric to the latter two in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.
The Pacific Ocean meets the Atlantic south of South  America at Cape Horn, and over the North Pole (the ice-cap is only  floating sea-ice). In reality, the Pacific and Atlanâ¦tic Oceans only  exist as separate oceans because we agree to draw an imaginary line  that separates and divides them.
Atlantic Ocean Facts. The Atlantic Ocean borders on North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. It is the world's second largest ocean, while the Pacific Ocean is the largest. The Atlantic Ocean covers approximately 1/5th of the surface of the earth and covers approximately 29% of the world's water surface area.