Atlantic (disambiguation)

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Atlantic may mean:

In geography:

• Atlantic Ocean, a major ocean in the world
• Atlantic Northeast region of North America
• Atlantic Canada, consisting of the four Canadian provinces on the Atlantic Ocean
• Atlantic, Iowa
• Atlantic, Pennsylvania
• Atlantic, Virginia
• Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Atlantic County, New Jersey
• Atlantic Beach, Florida
• Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
• Atlantic Beach, New York

In linguistics:

• Atlantic languages (formerly West Atlantic), a language family in West Africa

In media:

• Atlantic FM, a radio station serving Cornwall, United Kingdom
• Atlantic Records, a rock and R&B music label
• Atlantic Jaxx, a record label
• The Atlantic Monthly, a monthly magazine published in the United States
• "Atlantic" (single), a song by rock band Keane

In transportation:

• Steamship Atlantic, which sank in Lake Erie in 1852.
• RMS Atlantic, a steamship that sank off Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1873
• Atlantic, a steam locomotive with a 4-4-2 wheel arrangement
• Atlantic (locomotive), an early steam-powered locomotive of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with a 0-4-0 wheel arrangement
• Atlantic (passenger train), a named passenger train operated by Canadian Pacific Railway and later VIA Rail

Organizations:

• Atlantic Alliance, another name for NATO.
• Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA athletics conference
• North Atlantic Refining Company, an oil company based in Newfoundland and Labrador
• The Atlantic District (LCMS) in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
• Atlantic Records, a record company.

Atlantic may also refer to:

• Atlantic Revolutions, included the American and French Revolutions
• Atlantic world, an organizing concept for the historical study of the Atlantic rim
• Atlantic (period) of palaeoclimatology
• any one of a number of schools named Atlantic High School
• Atlantic (supermarkets), a supermarket chain in Greece
• Atlantic (Thrice song), A song on Thrice's album Vheissu.
• Atlantic Wall, a World War II fortification.