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.

Aliases (11)

North Atlantic ×16
North Atlantic Ocean ×15
North Atlantic region ×13
Atlantic Basin ×1
Atlantic approaches to Europe ×1
Atlantic region ×1
North Atlantic Ocean region ×1
North Atlantic Treaty area ×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 region → Mediterranean region →
definedBy	Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty → North Atlantic Treaty →
geopoliticalFocusOf	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 → North Atlantic Ocean → Northern Europe → Norway → United Kingdom → 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 Ocean →
overlapsWith	NATO treaty area →
partOf	Atlantic region →
primaryFocusOf	NATO collective security →
relatedTo	NATO area → 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 (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlantic Conference ("North Atlantic Ocean") → Azores Triple Junction ("North Atlantic") → Bermudian dollar ("North Atlantic") → Bermudian pound ("North Atlantic") → Faroese language ("North Atlantic") → NATO → PM ("North Atlantic Ocean") → Strait of Gibraltar ("North Atlantic") →	region
Caledonian fault system ("North Atlantic region") → Davis Strait ("North Atlantic region") → Great Britain ("North Atlantic Ocean") → Iceland Sea ("North Atlantic region") → Jan Mayen Ridge ("North Atlantic region") → Shetland Islands Council ("North Atlantic Ocean region") →	locatedIn
Allied Command Operations → Hurricane Specialist Unit ("North Atlantic Ocean") → NATO missions ("North Atlantic region") → NATO naval forces ("Atlantic approaches to Europe") →	operatesIn
Greenland and Svalbard ("North Atlantic region") → North Atlantic area ("Atlantic region") → Norwegian waters ("North Atlantic Ocean") → Western Approaches ("North Atlantic") →	partOf
4.2 kiloyear event ("North Atlantic region") → Caledonian orogeny ("North Atlantic region") →	affects
Norse sagas ("North Atlantic") → North to the Orient ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	settingLocation
Maritime Forces Atlantic ("North Atlantic and surrounding waters") →	areaOfResponsibility
Atlantic puffin ("North Atlantic region") →	breedsIn
Vikings ("North Atlantic") →	exploredRegion
Old Red Sandstone ("North Atlantic region") →	foundInRegion
NATO Integrated Air Defense System ("North Atlantic region") →	geographicScope
European Theater of Operations ("North Atlantic region") →	geopoliticalScope
Gadus aeglefinus ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	habitat
Red Hook ("Atlantic Basin") →	hasLandmark
Twilight War ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	hasMilitaryTheater
Atlantic Ocean ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	hasPart
Erik the Red ("North Atlantic") →	historicalRegion
Gulf Stream ("North Atlantic region") →	influencesClimateOf
Lyness ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion
Pembroke Parish ("North Atlantic") →	locatedInRegion
Greenock Ocean Terminal ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	maritimeRegion
North Atlantic area ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	nameDerivedFrom
Atlantic herring ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	nativeTo
Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk ("North Atlantic") →	operationalArea
The Narrows ("North Atlantic shipping lanes") →	partOfShippingRoute
Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel ("North Atlantic") →	primaryAreaOfOperations
North Atlantic Council →	regionServed
Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ("North Atlantic basin") →	regionStandard
North Atlantic area ("North Atlantic Treaty area") →	relatedTo
Cunard Line ("North Atlantic") →	route
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen ("North Atlantic") →	servedIn
Listen! The Wind ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	setting
NATO flag →	symbolizes
Quasi-War ("North Atlantic") →	theater
German battleship Gneisenau ("North Atlantic Ocean") →	theaterOfOperations
HMS Ajax ("North Atlantic") →	theatre