Atlantic Ocean

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body of water geographical feature ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second-largest ocean, separating the Americas from Europe and Africa and serving as a major route for global climate regulation, trade, and exploration.

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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Atlantic Ocean	135
South Atlantic Ocean	23
Atlantic Ocean basin	20
Atlantic Ocean watershed	6
Atlantic Ocean region	5
North Atlantic	3
Atlantic	2
Atlantic basin	2
Central Atlantic Ocean	2
North Atlantic Ocean basin	2
Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)	1
Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)	1
Atlantic Ocean (portion)	1
Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)	1
Atlantic Ocean skyline	1
AtlanticOcean	1
North Atlantic area	1
equatorial Atlantic Ocean	1
northwest Atlantic Ocean	1
northwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
open Atlantic Ocean	1
tropical Atlantic Ocean	1
western Atlantic Ocean	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ ocean ⓘ
borderedByCountry	Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Portugal ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
boundedBy	Africa ⓘ Arctic Ocean to the north ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southern Ocean to the south
connectedTo	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Baltic Sea ⓘ Black Sea via the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean via the Drake Passage ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
containsFeature	Amazon River mouth ⓘ Bermuda Triangle ⓘ Congo River mouth ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ Sargasso Sea ⓘ
crossedBy	Equator ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	about 106,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ about 41,000,000 square miles ⓘ
hasAverageDepth	about 11,962 feet ⓘ about 3,646 meters ⓘ
hasDeepestPoint	Puerto Rico Trench ⓘ
hasMajorCurrent	Benguela Current ⓘ Brazil Current ⓘ Canary Current ⓘ Gulf Stream ⓘ Labrador Current ⓘ Gulf Stream ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Drift
hasMaximumDepth	about 27,480 feet ⓘ about 8,376 meters ⓘ
hasNotableIslandGroup	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Azores Canary Islands ⓘ Cape Verde Islands ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Islands
hasNotableSea	Sargasso Sea ⓘ
hasPart	North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
hasSalinityRange	about 33 to 37 parts per thousand ⓘ
historicallyImportantFor	Age of Exploration ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
isMajorRouteFor	international trade ⓘ transatlantic shipping ⓘ
isSegmentOf	global ocean conveyor belt ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet	Earth ⓘ
namedAfter	Atlas from Greek mythology ⓘ
partOf	World Ocean ⓘ
playsRoleIn	global climate regulation ⓘ thermohaline circulation ⓘ
rankBySize	second-largest ocean on Earth ⓘ
separates	Americas from Africa ⓘ Americas from Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (1,591)

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

Martin Frobisher → activeIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Amazon River mouth → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape May Point State Park → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Chatham Fish Pier → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gay Head → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Maine–New Hampshire border → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mid-Beach → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Middle Keys → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Revere Beach Reservation → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Savannah → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

United States territorial waters → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Wasque Point → adjacentTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Europa Point → adjacentToOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone → adjacentToOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape May, New Jersey, United States → adjacentWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Harbour Grace, Newfoundland → adjacentWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Harbour Grace

Kriegsmarine High Command → appliesToJurisdiction → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

João da Nova → areaOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. → areaOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hopewell → areaOfOperation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

French Surface Fleet → areaOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

U.S. Fleet Forces Command → areaOfResponsibility → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ocean Prediction Center → areaServed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Pillars of Hercules → associatedBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Little Grey Lady of the Sea → associatedWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St. Brendan the Navigator → associatedWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

São Cristóvão → associatedWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

America’s Hometown → associatedWithCoastalLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Christopher Jones → associatedWithPlace → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic hurricanes → basin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Hurricane Agnes 1972 → basin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Hurricane Agnes (1972)

Hurricane Katrina → basin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

North Atlantic Deep Water → basin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Equatorial Current → basin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Aegean Sea → belongsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Oceanus Hopkins → birthPlace → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Amazigh flag → blueRepresents → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Great Point Light → bodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Democratic Republic of the Congo → border → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Greater Antilles → border → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Maine's 1st congressional district → border → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mauritania → border → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Venezuela → borderBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Equatorial Guinea → borderFeature → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sierra Leone → borderFeature → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

United States of America → borderOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

France → borderSea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Morocco → borderSea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ