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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USS Milwaukee locationOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
USS Milwaukee locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Milwaukee Deep
USS Milwaukee ocean Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Milwaukee Deep
Cape May Point State Park adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Cape May Point State Park hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Allegheny Mountains drainageDivideBetween Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Robinson Crusoe setting Atlantic Ocean
Robben Island locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Playa del Carmen, Mexico ocean Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Playa del Carmen
St Kilda locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Tagus River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Tagus River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Tagus River tributaryOf Atlantic Ocean
Tagus River oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Lower New York Bay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Lower New York Bay connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Rio Grande do Norte hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Rio Grande do Norte borders Atlantic Ocean
Nordic borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Western Nigeria borders Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina Coastal Plain borders Atlantic Ocean
Portland Head Light overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Battle of Trafalgar hasLocation Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic City locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic City namedAfter Atlantic Ocean
Eigg locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Southern Patagonian Ice Field drainsTo Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic states locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic states hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
South Uist locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Lynn, Massachusetts coast Atlantic Ocean
Northern Europe borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
English Armada (1589) location Atlantic Ocean
South Cape May Meadows hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Salem, Massachusetts locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Ghana hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Comodoro Rivadavia locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Cape Town locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gaul borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Recife locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Pernambuco hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Pernambuco borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Paraíba hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Paraíba borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Tiree locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Ocean City, Maryland locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Pampas borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Ligurian Sea ocean Atlantic Ocean