Question

Which ocean lies towards the west of South Africa
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Indian Ocean

Answer 1

Hint:
The southernmost country in Africa is South Africa, formally the Republic of South Africa (RSA). It is the 24th-most populated country in the world with over 59 million inhabitants and occupies an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres.

Complete solution:
The second largest ocean in the world is the Atlantic Ocean, which lies in western Africa. In the west of the Atlantic Ocean there’s North and South America, and in the east, Europe and Africa. It covers 82,000,000 square kilometres, which is 1/6th of the world's geographical area and half of the Pacific Ocean. Due to the drift of North and South Americans to the West due to plate tectonics, the Atlantic Ocean was formed. It is known to separate the "Old World" from the "New World" in European perception of the World.

An elongated, S-shaped basin stretching longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west, occupies the Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south, as a part of the interconnected World Ocean. By the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean at about 8 ° N, the Atlantic Ocean is divided into two parts.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
The Atlantic has made a huge contribution to the growth and economy of neighbouring countries. The Atlantic provides plentiful petroleum deposits in the sedimentary rocks of the continental shelf, in addition to major transatlantic transport and communication routes.