Is Galveston Texas on the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico? -

According to Google Maps, it s on the Atlantic Ocean. Is the Gulf of Mexico part of the Atlantic Ocean?

Its on the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Currents come from the south, that is, the Caribbean Sea, and flow through the Gulf of Mexico, past Galveston, all along the Gulf Coast and then out to the Atlantic. Technically, the gulf is a part of the Atlantic, in that it is contiguous with the rest of the world s salt water ocean, but it is distinguished as a gulf in that it is surrounded on 3 sides by the North and Central American landmasses.