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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Esek Hopkins regionOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
Moshup Beach hasView Atlantic Ocean
Jura hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Provincetown Harbor locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Provincetown Harbor hasMouth Atlantic Ocean
Casa de Contratación operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic coastal plain extendsAlong Atlantic Ocean
Cape Verdean Creole region Atlantic Ocean
Skagerrak locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Andros Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Uruguay hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
British Guiana borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Port of Muanda locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Brittany borders Atlantic Ocean
Orkney Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland adjacentWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Harbour Grace
Cadiz locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Cádiz
French Guiana borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
French Guiana coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Hispaniola hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
South Equatorial Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
South Equatorial Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: tropical Atlantic Ocean
Congo River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Congo River dischargesInto Atlantic Ocean
Teide viewOver Atlantic Ocean
Gran Canaria Airport locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Flag of the Canary Islands oceanRegion Atlantic Ocean
The Wreck of the Hesperus setting Atlantic Ocean
Clyde Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Cape Horn Archipelago borders Atlantic Ocean
Maine borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Maine hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Maine lowestPoint Atlantic Ocean
Cape of Good Hope locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Middle Passage hasLocation Atlantic Ocean
Hollywood, Florida, United States locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Hollywood, Florida
Guinea-Bissau hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Lüderitz locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Macaronesia continent Atlantic Ocean
Macaronesia locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Macaronesia ocean Atlantic Ocean