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

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.

Fuerteventura → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Fuerteventura Airport → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gloucester Harbor → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gorée Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Graciosa Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gran Canaria → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gran Canaria Airport → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Grand Bahama → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Grand Turk Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Greater Antilles → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Greenland → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Guanche people → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf Stream → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Cádiz → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Maine → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Paria → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Gulf of St. Lawrence → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Hamilton → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Hamilton, Bermuda → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Horta → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Iceland → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Ireland → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Skye → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Isles of Scilly → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Jan Mayen Fracture Zone → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
La Gomera → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
La Graciosa → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
La Palma → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
La Palma Airport → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Labrador Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Labrador Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwest Atlantic Ocean
Lajes Airport → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Lanzarote → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lanzarote Airport → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Las Palmas Naval Base → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lesser Antilles → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Liberty Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lobos Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Loire estuary → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Longwood House → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Lower New York Bay → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Lucayan Archipelago → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lucayan Archipelago → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Macaronesia → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Madeira → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Main Island of Bermuda → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean