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.

Santa Maria Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sargasso Sea → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Scotia Ridge → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Scottish Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

Sea Islands region → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Shetland → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Sigsbee Deep → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Skagerrak → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Somers Isles → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Somers Isles → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic

South Caicos → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Equatorial Current → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: tropical Atlantic Ocean

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

South Sandwich Trench → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

South Uist → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St Kilda → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

St. George’s, Bermuda → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Strait of Dover → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Straits of Florida → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

São Jorge Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

São Nicolau → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Table Bay → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tavira Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tenerife → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Terceira Island → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Tharp-Heezen Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Tharp-Heezen Seamounts

Tiree → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tristan da Cunha → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Turks and Caicos Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Upper Keys → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Western Approaches → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Western Caribbean → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Windward Islands → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Yell → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Île d’Yeu → locatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Anguilla → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bimini → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Burravoe → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Canna → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Carn a’ Ghaill → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Chappaquiddick Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gallanach → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Iona → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Islay → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Isle of Coll → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lewis and Harris → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lower Keys → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Martha's Vineyard → locatedInBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ