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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Halifax locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin) operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: RRS Charles Darwin
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin) operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: USNS Gibbs
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Anti-Atlas extendsFrom Atlantic Ocean
Falkland Islands pound region Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Russian Navy operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Barra locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Santiago operatedInRegion Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Santiago (Magellan expedition ship)
War of Jenkins' Ear location Atlantic Ocean
Royal Scots Navy theatreOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
New Hampshire Colony borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic area locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic area hasPart Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Hudson Bay connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Crane Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Delaware River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
World Ocean hasPart Atlantic Ocean
Brazil coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Thacher Island locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Christopher Jones associatedWithPlace Atlantic Ocean
Río Negro mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Benue River drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
Province of Delaware borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Saint Helena pound region Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
John F. Kennedy Jr. placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean
John F. Kennedy Jr. burialPlace Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)
Suffolk County, New York borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Chubut River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Nassau County, New York hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
USS Alfred navalTheater Atlantic Ocean
Hamilton, Bermuda locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Shetland locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Sahel extendsFrom Atlantic Ocean
USS Ranger theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Magallanes Region (historically) borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Magallanes Region
Jacksonville, Florida locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Bristol Channel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Bristol Channel partOf Atlantic Ocean
East Jersey borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Skye locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
USS Providence locationOfOperation Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian Sea locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nassau locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Islay locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
World War II Memorial northArchInscription Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic