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.

Yarmouth → locatedOn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ain Diab Corniche → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic City → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Poge Lighthouse → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Gloucester, Massachusetts

Ipanema → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lewes, Delaware → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lynn Harbor → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Milnerton → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Oban → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orleans → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Orleans, Massachusetts

Plymouth, Massachusetts → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Portland Harbor → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Recife → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rota Naval Base → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Salem Harbor → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Santa Cruz de Tenerife → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tangier → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Troon, Scotland → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Village of Southampton → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Water Mill, New York → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Angola → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic coastal plain → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Banjul → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Poge Bay → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape of Good Hope → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cliad → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Eko Atlantic (reclaimed land project) → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Eko Atlantic

Great Point Light → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guanabara Bay → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guianas → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Indian River Lagoon → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Malabo → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mashpee Neck → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Monomoscoy Island → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Naval Military School of Marín → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New Brunswick, Canada → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: New Brunswick

Ponta Delgada → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Popponesset Island → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Port Canaveral → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Praia → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saldanha Bay → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Siasconset Bluff → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Siasconset, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Skeleton Coast → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Harwich → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southampton, New York, United States → locatedOnCoastOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Southampton, New York