The Atlantic Ocean takes its name from which figure in Greek mythology?

Q. The Atlantic Ocean takes its name from which figure in Greek mythology?

Correct Answer: Atlas

The vast body of water that separates Europe and Africa from North and South America is the Atlantic Ocean. Of the world’s oceans, the Atlantic is second in size only to the Pacific Ocean. The ancient Greeks named the ocean after Atlas, a character in Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, Atlas is a Titan who was punished for fighting with the Olympic gods and condemed to hold up the sky on his shoulders for all of eternity. The term Atlas has been used to describe a collection of maps since the 16th century when Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published his work in honour of the mythological Titan.