Atlantic Ocean

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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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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

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United States of America borderOcean Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Greater Boston bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Hudson River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Treaty region Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic area
Cape Cod borders Atlantic Ocean
Lynn coastalCity Atlantic Ocean
European theatre of World War II location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Phoney War location Atlantic Ocean
New England borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
New England hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
North America borderedByOcean Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico borderedByBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean hasPart Atlantic Ocean self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Lake Michigan oceanDrainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
Martha's Vineyard locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Port of Boston locatedOnWaterbody Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Florida borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Florida coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
New York borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
United States Navy operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Albufeira locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Northern Hemisphere contains Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda (United Kingdom) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Bermuda
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
San Juan locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Earth hasOcean Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: western Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench partOf Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench deepestPointIn Atlantic Ocean
Equator passesThrough Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream flowsToward Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Maryland hasShorelineOn Atlantic Ocean
Maryland lowestPoint Atlantic Ocean
United Kingdom surroundedBy Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket hasBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts Bay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts Bay ocean Atlantic Ocean
American Revolutionary War location Atlantic Ocean
Europe borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Seven Years' War theater Atlantic Ocean
France borderSea Atlantic Ocean
Portugal hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean connectedTo Atlantic Ocean