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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Andalusia borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Nova Scotia hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Alboran Sea connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Alboran Sea isKeyCorridorBetween Atlantic Ocean
Portsmouth locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Olinda locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Ceará hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Ceará borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Captains Courageous (1937 film) setIn Atlantic Ocean
Bressay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Sergipe locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Sergipe borders Atlantic Ocean
River Shannon emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland and Labrador locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland and Labrador borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Alagoas borders Atlantic Ocean
Alagoas hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Martinique borderedByWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Sierra Leone locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Sierra Leone borderFeature Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Deep Water ocean Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Deep Water basin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Faroe Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Golden Hind visitedOcean Atlantic Ocean
Nauset Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Royal Netherlands Navy operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Lagos locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Lagos (Portugal)
Niger River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Metropolitan France borders Atlantic Ocean
Florida Peninsula borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Florida Peninsula extendsInto Atlantic Ocean
Florida Peninsula separates Atlantic Ocean
Deep Western Boundary Current occursIn Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Dover locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Saint Lawrence River connects Atlantic Ocean
Saint Lawrence River oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
Yoldia Sea connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Cape May Promenade hasView Atlantic Ocean
John Hudson placeOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Gay Head adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Ceuta hasBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Funchal
Poitou borders Atlantic Ocean
Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard locatedOn Atlantic Ocean