North Atlantic area

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geopolitical region strategic region transatlantic region

The North Atlantic area is the broad transatlantic region encompassing the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding countries in Europe and North America that form the geographic focus of NATO’s collective security.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
North Atlantic region	25
North Atlantic	24
North Atlantic Ocean	15
North Atlantic Ocean region	6
North Atlantic area canonical	4
Atlantic Basin	1
Atlantic approaches to Europe	1
Atlantic region	1
Basin of the North Atlantic Ocean	1
North America (across North Atlantic Ocean)	1
North Atlantic Ocean basin	1
North Atlantic Treaty area	1
North Atlantic air traffic control region	1
North Atlantic and surrounding waters	1
North Atlantic basin	1
North Atlantic shipping lanes	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geopolitical region ⓘ strategic region ⓘ transatlantic region ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	NATO Military Committee ⓘ North Atlantic Council ⓘ
borderedBy	Arctic region ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean region Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean region
definedBy	North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ surface form: Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ
geopoliticalFocusOf	NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
governedBy	principles of collective security ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	focus on member states of NATO in Europe and North America ⓘ includes surrounding land territories ⓘ maritime focus ⓘ
hasPart	Eastern Canada ⓘ Europe ⓘ Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ North America ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Northern Europe ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ East Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States East Coast Western Europe ⓘ
historicallyImportantIn	Cold War security architecture ⓘ post-World War II transatlantic relations ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom	North Atlantic area self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
overlapsWith	NATO treaty area ⓘ
partOf	North Atlantic area self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Atlantic region
primaryFocusOf	NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO collective security
relatedTo	NATO area ⓘ North Atlantic area self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty area
securityConceptFor	defense of NATO member territories in Europe and North America ⓘ
securityRole	core area for NATO defense planning ⓘ zone of application for NATO mutual defense obligations ⓘ
strategicImportance	link between North America and Europe ⓘ transatlantic sea lines of communication ⓘ
usedBy	NATO strategic documents ⓘ
usedInContextOf	collective defense ⓘ transatlantic security ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

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

NATO → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean → hasPart → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Gulf Stream → influencesClimateOf → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

ETO → geopoliticalScope → North Atlantic area ⓘ

subject surface form: European Theater of Operations

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Old Red Sandstone → foundInRegion → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

NATO flag → symbolizes → North Atlantic area ⓘ

Bermudian dollar → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Strait of Gibraltar → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Faroese language → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

The Narrows → partOfShippingRoute → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic shipping lanes

Norse sagas → settingLocation → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Western Approaches → partOf → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

NAC → regionServed → North Atlantic area ⓘ

subject surface form: North Atlantic Council

North Atlantic area → partOf → North Atlantic area self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic region

North Atlantic area → relatedTo → North Atlantic area self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Treaty area

North Atlantic area → nameDerivedFrom → North Atlantic area self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Davis Strait → locatedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Caledonian orogeny → affects → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Twilight War → hasMilitaryTheater → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Greenland and Svalbard → partOf → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Caledonian fault system → locatedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Atlantic Conference → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Azores Triple Junction → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Red Hook → hasLandmark → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Basin

North to the Orient → settingLocation → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Listen! The Wind → setting → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic herring → nativeTo → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

NATO naval forces → operatesIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic approaches to Europe

Hurricane Specialist Unit → operatesIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Greenock Ocean Terminal → maritimeRegion → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale → regionStandard → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic basin

Pembroke Parish → locatedInRegion → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen → servedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

HMS Ajax → theatre → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

German battleship Gneisenau → theaterOfOperations → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Bermudian pound → region → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Norwegian waters → partOf → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

NATO integrated air defense system → geographicScope → North Atlantic area ⓘ

subject surface form: NATO Integrated Air Defense System

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Iceland Sea → locatedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

NATO missions → operatesIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

ACO → operatesIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

subject surface form: Allied Command Operations

Maritime Forces Atlantic → areaOfResponsibility → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic and surrounding waters

Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel → primaryAreaOfOperations → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Gadus aeglefinus → habitat → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic puffin → breedsIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Shetland Islands Council → locatedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean region

Quasi-War → theater → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Great Britain → locatedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Jan Mayen Ridge → locatedIn → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic region

Lyness → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → North Atlantic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean