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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Chinijo Archipelago locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Air Transport Command theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region
Equatorial Countercurrent occursIn Atlantic Ocean
The Lady of the Aroostook setting Atlantic Ocean
Michael J. Smith placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean
southwestern France hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Southwestern France
Vilamoura locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Lagoa locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Togo hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Bayonne locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Ulster borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
La Gomera locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Chilmark hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
John Jacob Astor IV placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Río Muni bordersOcean Atlantic Ocean
Acadia hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Wilmington locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
Sugarloaf Mountain hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Copacabana Beach borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Corcovado hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Ipanema locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Ipanema Beach borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
New Brunswick, Canada locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: New Brunswick
Sagres locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Sagres hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
District of Faro borders Atlantic Ocean
District of Faro hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Pedro de Mendoza deathPlace Atlantic Ocean
Monrovia locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Buzzards Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
southwest England hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Southwest England
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Long Branch, New Jersey
Guinea hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Carvoeiro locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Olhão locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Leblon borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) nativeRange Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Atlantic cod
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
The Gambia borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Soviet Navy theater Atlantic Ocean
Tharp-Heezen Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Tharp-Heezen Seamounts
Rota Naval Base locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Canary Islands waters locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
USS O’Brien (DD-415) theater Atlantic Ocean