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Northern Atlantic Ocean. The profile below is from the Joseph Dayman survey of1857 and was still the best profile of the North Atlantic Ocean between Irelandand Newfoundland then in existence. The deep water arm extending across thecenter of the page, is a first indication of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone,the largest in the North Atlantic. From: The Ocean, Atmosphere, and Life 1873.