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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North Channel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
North Channel connectsBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
North Channel partOf Atlantic Ocean
North Channel climateInfluencedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Caliphate of Córdoba borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Côte d'Ivoire drainageTo Atlantic Ocean
Rockaway Landing isOnWaterbody Atlantic Ocean
Pays de la Loire bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Troon, Scotland locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Douro River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Niña operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Pinta operationalArea Atlantic Ocean
Port of Liverpool connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
NATO naval forces operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Ferrol Naval Base nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Castro Marim locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Quarteira locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
USS Walke (DD-416) theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Lobos Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
St. Augustine, Florida nearWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
County Antrim hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. areaOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
Province of Carolina borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Tangier locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Las Palmas Naval Base locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Las Palmas Naval Base regionServed Atlantic Ocean
USS Roe (DD-418) theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
York County, Maine bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
U-505 submarine capturedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: U-505
Kingdom of Galicia hasBorderWith Atlantic Ocean
USS Buck (DD-420) theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Albufeira locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Percy Nelles workLocation Atlantic Ocean
Fishermen's Beach hasView Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of Spain majorOcean Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Aljezur locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Broad Sound locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Spuyten Duyvil Creek waterBody Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Marconi Beach borders Atlantic Ocean
Nouvelle-Aquitaine hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Allied merchant shipping notableTheater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Allied convoy system geographicScope Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Southern Colonies borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
St George’s Channel partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean