South Atlantic

E149013

oceanic region region of the Atlantic Ocean

The South Atlantic is the southern portion of the Atlantic Ocean, lying between South America and Africa and historically significant as a major arena of colonial-era naval conflict and trade routes.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
South Atlantic Ocean	227
South Atlantic canonical	40
South Atlantic Ocean basin	2
South Atlantic Ocean sector	2
southern Atlantic Ocean	2
Atlántico Sur	1
South Atlantic Ocean floor	1
South Atlantic basin	1
Southern Atlantic	1
Southern Atlantic Ocean	1
Southwest Atlantic Ocean	1
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
Western South Atlantic Ocean	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oceanic region ⓘ region of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
borderedByCountry	Angola ⓘ Argentina ⓘ Benin ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Congo ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Gabon ⓘ Guinea ⓘ surface form: Ghana Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Ivory Coast Liberia ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Gabon ⓘ surface form: Togo Uruguay ⓘ
boundedBy	Africa ⓘ South America ⓘ
connectedTo	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
containsFeature	Argentine Basin ⓘ Brazil Basin ⓘ Cape Basin ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ Rio Grande Rise ⓘ Walvis Ridge ⓘ
containsIslandGroup	Ascension Island ⓘ Bouvet Island ⓘ Falkland Islands ⓘ Saint Helena ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ Tristan da Cunha ⓘ
extendsTo	equatorial Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Equatorial Atlantic Southern Ocean ⓘ
hasClimateInfluenceOn	coastal South America ⓘ coastal southern Africa ⓘ
hasMajorCurrent	Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ Benguela Current ⓘ Brazil Current ⓘ South Equatorial Current ⓘ
hasSalinityRange	approximately 34 to 37 PSU ⓘ
hasTemperatureRange	from tropical to subantarctic temperatures ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	colonial trade routes ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
influencedBy	South Atlantic High ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
separates	Africa ⓘ South America ⓘ
wasTheaterOf	World War II naval operations ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (281)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch–Portuguese War → mainTheater → South Atlantic ⓘ

San Antonio → navigationArea → South Atlantic ⓘ

Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → setting → South Atlantic ⓘ

subject surface form: Captain Jack Aubrey

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Middle Passage → hasLocation → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Cape Frio → hasCoastlineOn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic subtropical gyre → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Angola Current → locatedInOcean → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Scotia Sea → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean sector

Scotia Sea → adjacentTo → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Río de la Plata → adjacentOcean → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Admiral Sandy Woodward → theatreOfOperations → South Atlantic ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandy Woodward

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Argentine Navy → operatesIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Sinking of ARA General Belgrano → location → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Black Buck raids → theatre → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Brazil–Malvinas Confluence → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Scotia Plate → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Allied convoy system → geographicScope → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Malvinas Current → locatedInOcean → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Agulhas Current → entersOcean → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Battle of Mount Longdon → theater → South Atlantic ⓘ

First Portuguese India Armada → oceanCrossed → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Atlantic

HMS Ajax → theatre → South Atlantic ⓘ

South American Division of the Royal Navy → theatreOfOperations → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

RAF Ascension Island → location → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

North Scotia Ridge → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

HMS Exeter → theatreOfWar → South Atlantic ⓘ

La batalla del Río de la Plata → theater → South Atlantic ⓘ

subject surface form: Batalla del Río de la Plata

this entity surface form: Atlántico Sur

British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → location → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Eubalaena australis → distribution → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G → theater → South Atlantic ⓘ

AC → associatedWith → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Ascension Island Council → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Green Mountain cloud forest → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Scotia Arc → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Scotia Arc → separates → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean basin

HMNZS Achilles → navalTheater → South Atlantic ⓘ

Maximilian von Spee → deathPlace → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Maximilian von Spee → burialPlace → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Mount Paget → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Mount Longdon → region → South Atlantic ⓘ

Green Mountain → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Green Mountain → hasViewOf → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic mid-ocean ridge system → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Island Council of Tristan da Cunha → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Island Council of Tristan da Cunha → region → South Atlantic ⓘ

.sh → region → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Hermanus → locatedOn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

American-Antarctic Ridge → locatedIn → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

American-Antarctic Ridge → ocean → South Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean