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 Shore borders Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: North Shore (Massachusetts)
Panama hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Isthmus of Panama connectsOceanBasins Atlantic Ocean
Isthmus of Panama separates Atlantic Ocean
Spanish–American War location Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda Triangle locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda Triangle partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Poucha Pond near Atlantic Ocean
Poucha Pond connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Africa bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea drainsInto Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Miami nearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
The Voyage of the Beagle setting Atlantic Ocean
Orleans locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Orleans, Massachusetts
Battle of the Atlantic location Atlantic Ocean
Battle of the Atlantic location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Charles River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Gloucester locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
South America borderedByOcean Atlantic Ocean
Province of New Hampshire borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Province of New Jersey borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
French Revolutionary Wars location Atlantic Ocean
Upper New York Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Portland, Maine, United States locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Portland, Maine
We hasSetting Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
The Spirit of St. Louis setting Atlantic Ocean
Continental Navy location Atlantic Ocean
English merchants of the Company of Adventurers locationOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Patagonia sharesBorderWith Atlantic Ocean
Nigeria hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Dutch West India Company operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
High Rock Tower overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Condado locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
North Africa bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
English Channel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
North Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean borders Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Canary Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North 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