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.

Torastan Bay → hasViewOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Fóia → hasViewOver → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Boardwalk Beach → hasWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Feall Bay → hasWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Eastern Hemisphere → includesOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)

U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone → includesWatersOff → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Côtes de Bourg → influencedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Jerez-Xérès-Sherry y Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda DO → influencedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Aquinnah → isCoastalSettlement → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Grassy Bay → isConnectedTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brownson Deep → isDeepestPointOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Interior United States → isDistantFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Holly Hill → isInlandFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Alboran Sea → isKeyCorridorBetween → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic world → isLinkedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Equatorial Countercurrent → isMorePronouncedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Surf Drive Beach → isOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rabat → isOnWaterbody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rockaway Landing → isOnWaterbody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Torastan Bay → isPartOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Jersey City → isPortCityOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nouakchott → isPortCityOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dragon spacecraft → landingLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 11 → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 12 → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 3 → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 4 → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 5 → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 6A → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gemini 7 → landingSite → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Carcassonne → locatedBetween → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St. John’s → locatedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Abaco Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Amity Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Andros Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Angra do Heroísmo → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Annobón → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Aquidneck Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Arctic theatre of World War II → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Argentine Antarctica → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Ascension Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean proper by Martha's Vineyard → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Azores → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Azores Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Azores Triple Junction → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Bahamas → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Baltic Proper → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Barra → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Barren Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Barren Island (Jamaica Bay)