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.

Bay of Biscay → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Benguela Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Bermuda (United Kingdom) → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Bermuda

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Bight of Biafra → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Boston Harbor → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed

Bouvet Triple Junction region → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Brava → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brazil Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Bressay → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Bristol Channel → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

British Isles → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Broad Sound → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brownson Deep → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Canary Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Canary Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Canary Islands waters → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Frio → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Horn sea route → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Cape Verde Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Caribbean islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Central Atlantic Ocean floor → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Channel Islands

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin) → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Chinijo Archipelago → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

City of Hamilton → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Clyde Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Cockburn Town → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region

Congo River mouth → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Corisco → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cumbre Vieja → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Denmark Strait → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Devil’s Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

East Greenland Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Eigg → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

El Hierro → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Eleuthera → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Elobey Grande → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

English Channel → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

European continental shelf → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Exuma → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Faial Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Falkland Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Faroe Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Flores Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Florida Keys → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Fogo → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Fort Sumter → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Fram Strait → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean