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.

Munster → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nassau County, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New England → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Northern Cape → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nouvelle-Aquitaine → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nova Scotia → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Palm Beach County, Florida → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Panama → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Paraíba → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Pembroke Parish → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Pernambuco → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Plymouth County → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Portugal → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Praia da Falésia → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

Congo → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of the Congo

Rincón, Puerto Rico → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rio Grande do Norte → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rockaway Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

San Juan municipality → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Santo António Beach → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Senja → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Africa → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Jersey → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southeast Region of Brazil → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southeastern Massachusetts → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southern Nigeria → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

southwest England → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwest England

southwestern France → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern France

State of Rio de Janeiro → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Suffolk County, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Suriname → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

São Tomé and Príncipe → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Truro → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Uruguay → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Venezuela → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

civil parish of Vila Nova de Cacela → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Vila Nova de Cacela

West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: West Chop

Western France → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Yell → hasCoastlineOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Florida–Georgia border → hasEasternTerminusAt → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → hasHigherSalinityThan → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Battle of Trafalgar → hasLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Black May 1943 → hasLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Black May 1943 → hasLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Middle Passage → hasLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

World War II battles → hasLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

FAO Major Fishing Area 34 → hasMainOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Downstate New York → hasMajorBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Provincetown Harbor → hasMouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ