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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Milwaukee Deep locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Milwaukee Deep locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Atlantic Ocean
USS Milwaukee locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Milwaukee Deep
Muskeget Channel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Harbor locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Sound locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nassau locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
New Providence locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
New York Bight locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic area locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
North Caicos locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
North Channel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
North Uist locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Northern Ireland locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Norwegian Sea locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Old Man of Hoy locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Orkney Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Pico Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Pico do Fogo locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Port of Ponta Delgada locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Porto Santo Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Praia locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Providenciales locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Provincetown Harbor locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Príncipe locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: western Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Quiberon Bay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Raritan Bay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Romanche Fracture Zone locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Romanche Fracture Zone locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Romanche Trench locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Rum locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Rum Cuillin locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Rùm locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Saint Helena locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Sal locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Salt Cay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Santa Cruz de Tenerife locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Santa Isabel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean