Atlantic Narrows

The Atlantic Narrows is a relatively narrow portion of the Atlantic Ocean between South America and West Africa. More specifically, it lies approximately at the Equator where by definition the North Atlantic meets the South Atlantic and roughly between Natal, Brazil and Greenville, Liberia.[1]

References
  1. Alan J. Levine (1999). The War Against Rommel's Supply Lines, 1942-1943. Praeger. p. 29. Retrieved March 23, 2021. ...Puerto Rico, or Trinidad, they flew on to Atkinson airfield, in what was then British Guiana (now Guyana), then to Belem and Natal in Brazil. Natal was the departure point for the hop across the Atlantic Narrows to Africa...Twin-engined planes stopped at Hastings Field, Sierra Leone, or Roberts Field, Liberia.


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