The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Eurasia and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west.

alt = Map displaying a looping line with arrows indicating that water flows eastward in the far Southern ocean, angling north east of Australia, turning sough after passing Alaska, then crossing the mid-Pacific to flow north of Australia, continuing west below Africa, then turning northwest until reaching eastern Canada, then angling east to southern Europe, then finally turning south just below Greenland and flowing down the Americas ' eastern coast, and resuming its flow eastward to complete the circle

The modern nation of Ethiopia, in northeast Africa, is nowhere near the Ethiopic Ocean, which would be said to lie off the west coast of Africa.

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, conquered the Portuguese possessions of Saint George del Mina, Saint Thomas, and Luanda, Angola, on the west coast of Africa.

He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of " Reverence for Life ", expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa ( then French Equatorial Africa ).

In the west, organized Arianism survived in North Africa, in Hispania, and parts of Italy until it was finally suppressed in the 6th and 7th centuries.

* Afonso I of Kongo ( c. 1456 – 1542 or 1543 ), king of Kingdom of Kongo in west central Africa

He was buried at sea off the west coast of Africa.

Africa is thus mainly composed of two segments at right angles, the northern running from east to west, and the southern from north to south.

The area between the east and west coast highlands, which north of 17 ° N is mainly desert, is divided into separate basins by other bands of high ground, one of which runs nearly centrally through North Africa in a line corresponding roughly with the curved axis of the continent as a whole.

* Aba Roundleaf Bat, a west Africa bat

Bongos are found in dense tropical jungles with dense undergrowth up to an altitude of 4, 000 meters ( 12, 800 ft ) in Central Africa, with isolated populations in Kenya, and the following west African countries: -

The two independent exceptions were the tiny Republic of Liberia on the west coast of the continent and the ancient Ethiopian Empire in the strategic Horn of Africa.

A " diddley bow " is a typically homemade American string instrument of African origin, probably developed from instruments found on the coast of west Africa.

Lake Chad is the second largest lake in west Africa and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.

sometimes referred to as ' the hinge of Africa ;' throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity ; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano

The Cape Verde Islands are located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean some off the west coast of Africa.

: Strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes ; important communications station ; important sea and air refueling site.

However, the rebellion of Tacfarinas had shown how exposed Africa Proconsularis was to its west and how the Mauretanian client kings were unable to provide protection to the province, and it is thus possible that Caligula's expansion was a prudent response to potential future threats.

The earliest dating of iron in Sub-Saharan Africa is 2500 BC at Egaro, west of Termit, making it contemporary to the Middle East.

Chimpanzees were amongst the animals affected during the Toba eruption, hinting that Toba ash extended far west as Africa.

Diogo Cão (; in old Portuguese: Cam ) was a Portuguese explorer and one of the most notable navigators of the Age of Discovery, who made two voyages sailing along the west coast of Africa to Namibia in the 1480s.

Fulani ( Fulbe ) eroded Mali's authority in the west by establing the independent Kingdom of Fouta Tooro, a successor to the kingdom of Takrur.

Amid the chaos, other groups began to assert themselves, including the Fulani of Futa Tooro who encroached from the west.

Around that time, Fulani people, invading from the west, were able to make major inroads into Bornu.

Among the Fulani people of west Africa, unmarried women wear their hair ornamented with small amber beads and coins, while married women wear large amber ornaments.

In 1815, Usman dan Fodio retired from the administrative business of the Caliphate and divided the area taken over during the Fulani War with his brother Abdullahi dan Fodio ruling in the west with the Gwandu Emirate and his son Muhammed Bello taking over administration of the Sokoto Caliphate.

Undeterred, Clapperton continued his journey alone through Kano to Sokoto, the capital of the Fulani Empire, where by order of Sultan Muhammed Bello he was obliged to stop, though the Niger was only a five day journey to the west.

During the reign of the Fulani Empire in the 19th century Sokoto was an important Fula state, in addition to being a city, of what was then west central Nigeria.

The metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light even if no fire touches it.

An olive tree in west Athens, named " Plato's Olive Tree ", was said to be a remnant of the grove within which Plato's Academy was situated, which would make it approximately 2, 400 years old.

The coast Douglas-fir variety is the dominant tree west of the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest, occurring in nearly all forest types, competes well on most parent materials, aspects, and slopes.

The greatest wonder was a young mallorn tree sprouting in the Party Field: " the only mallorn west of the Mountains and east of the Sea " ( grown from a nut included as part of Galadriel's gift ).

Shade tree at the west end of Aboyne | Aboyne Green, Scotland.

Just to the west of the tree is a small elm from a cutting made in 1979.

Nassau County ’ s economy is very diverse, ranging from agricultural activity ( mostly in the form of tree farms ) in the west and central areas, to a variety of activities closer to Amelia Island.

Just to the west of the tree is a small elm from a cutting made in 1979.

The earliest surviving mention of Harlington appears to be in a 9th century charter in which land at Botwell in Hayes was said to be bounded on the west by " Hygeredington " and " Lullinges " tree.

This is in front of the bronze doors leading to the refreshment rooms, a central path flanked by lawns leads to the sculpture gallery ; the north, east and west sides have herbaceous borders along the museum walls with paths in front which continues along the south façade ; in the two corners by the north façade there is planted an American Sweetgum tree ; the southern, eastern and western edges of the lawns have glass planters which contain orange and lemon trees in summer, these are replaced by bay trees in winter.

On the west side of the base are shown the Temptation, with Adam and Eve beneath the tree of knowledge, while on the north side is some ceremony with several figures holding croziers.

El Dorado is located about to the west of Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, the world's largest green tree reservoir.

A tree that was bent by Native Americans to mark the crossing point had a large limb that stretched over the west bank of the river, just south of the Cherry Street bridge.

The N-S streets west of Main Street are flower and tree references and the ones on the east side are names of Texas cities and historical figures with the exception of one street

Swamp white oak, a lowland tree, grows from southwestern Maine west to New York, southern Quebec, and southern Ontario, to central Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and southeastern Minnesota ; south to Iowa and Missouri ; east to Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and New Jersey.

The belt symbolizes these Five Nations from west to east in their respective territories across New York state: Seneca ( keepers of the western door ), Cayuga ( People of the Swamp ), Onondaga ( Keepers of the Fire ), Oneida ( People of the Standing Stone ) and Mohawk ( keeper of the eastern door )— by open ‘ squares ’ of white beads with the central figure signifying a tree or heart.

The highway proceeds northward, passing through small fields and tree patches until reaching railroad tracks, where the route turns to the northwest, paralleling its parent, the Route 29 Freeway to the west.

Erica arborea, the tree heath, is a shrub or small evergreen tree found mostly in the macchia-matorral-maquis shrublands, dry evergreen scrublands, surrounding the Mediterranean Basin and west to Portugal and the Canary and Madeira Islands.

A typical, yet simple, description under this system might read " From the point on the north bank of Muddy Creek one mile above the junction of Muddy and Indian Creeks, north for 400 yards, then northwest to the large standing rock, west to the large oak tree, south to Muddy Creek, then down the center of the creek to the starting point.

* La Ceiba: A large and old Ceiba tree on a street corner at the west of the city.

To the west of Ffynnon Wood, the road would then cross back over the original A40 to the east of Henllan Lodge in a way to maintain the tree lined avenue to Henllan, then run parallel to the A40 on the north side of the existing A40 to a new roundabount at Penblewin and the.

In the forest of the less thickly-wooded bamboo country in the west of Kodagu the most common trees are the Dalbergia latifolia ( Black wood ), Pterocarpus marsupium ( Kino tree ), Terminalia tomentosa ( Matthi ), Lagerstroemia parviflora ( Benteak ), Anogeissus latifolia ( Dindul ), Bassia latifolia, Butea monosperma, Nauclea parvifiora, and several species of acacia.

This tree is difficult to grow as far west as western Kansas and Colorado, as there is not sufficient water.

The Balcones Fault Zone is a demarcation line for certain ecological systems and species distributions, e. g., the California Fan Palm ( Washingtonia filifera ) is the only species of palm tree that is native to the continental United States west of the Balcones Fault.