eastern Atlantic Ocean

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The eastern Atlantic Ocean is the portion of the Atlantic bordering the western coasts of Europe and Africa, encompassing key maritime routes and strategic naval operating areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic region
part of the Atlantic Ocean
adjacentTo Angola
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
France
Gabon
The Gambia
surface form: Gambia

Ghana
Guinea
Ireland
Liberia
Mauritania
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Portugal
Republic of the Congo
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Spain
United Kingdom
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
surface form: Western Sahara
borders Africa
Europe
western coast of Africa
western coast of Europe
connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
surface form: western Atlantic Ocean
contains Azores waters
Bay of Biscay
Benguela Current
surface form: Benguela Current system

Canary Current
surface form: Canary Current system

Canary Islands waters
Cape Verde waters
Celtic Sea
Gulf of Guinea
Iberian coastal waters
hasEcologicalFeature Benguela Current
surface form: Benguela upwelling system

upwelling zones off Northwest Africa
hasMajorCurrent Benguela Current
Canary Current
Equatorial Countercurrent
North Atlantic Current
surface form: North Atlantic Drift

North Atlantic Equatorial Current
surface form: North Equatorial Current

South Equatorial Current
hasStrategicImportanceFor European Union
NATO
coastal African states
importantFor Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
surface form: North Atlantic thermohaline circulation

global climate regulation
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
partOf Atlantic Ocean
subjectTo climate change impacts
marine pollution
overfishing
traversedBy Europe–South America trade routes
Europe–Africa transport network
surface form: Europe–West Africa trade routes

transatlantic shipping lanes
usedFor fishing
maritime trade
naval operations
offshore oil and gas production
submarine cable routes

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Atlantic Fleet areaOfResponsibility eastern Atlantic Ocean
Irish Coastal Current locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic herring fisheryRegion eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Northeast Atlantic
Bay of Biscay partOf eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: northeast Atlantic Ocean
Gadus aeglefinus distribution eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Rackwick locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic region
Cullivoe locatedInBody eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic region
Canary hotspot volcanic system locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
Caleta de Sebo coast eastern Atlantic Ocean
United States Sixth Fleet areaOfOperations eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Mexilhoeira Grande hasNearbyWaterBody eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (via Algarve coast)
Scorpaena scrofa foundIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
eastern central Atlantic Ocean locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
FAO Major Fishing Area 47 locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: southeast Atlantic Ocean
Cape Verde area anchorages locatedIn eastern Atlantic Ocean
Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland) nearbySeaArea eastern Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Cap Vert