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.

Apapa Port → locatedOnWaterbody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Curry Hammock State Park → locatedOnWaterbody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Port of Boston → locatedOnWaterbody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

American Revolutionary War → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic campaign of the American Revolutionary War → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic theatre of World War I → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Battle of Cape St Vincent → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Battle of Lagos (1693) → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Battle of the Atlantic → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Battle of the Chesapeake → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Battle of the River Plate → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Brest blockade → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

British naval blockade of Europe → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Continental Navy → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

English Armada (1589) → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

European theatre of World War II → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Falklands War → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

French Revolutionary Wars → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gando Air Base → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Napoleonic Wars → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Operation Berlin → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Operation Berlin → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Atlantic Ocean

Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Atlantic Ocean

Phoney War → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Quasi-War → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sea Venture shipwreck → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Spanish Armada → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Spanish–American War → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

War of Jenkins' Ear → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

War of the Third Coalition → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

World War I → location → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

English merchants of the Company of Adventurers → locationOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

The Gulf Stream → locationOfDepictedScene → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Lexington → locationOfOperation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Providence → locationOfOperation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

HMS Zulu → locationOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

USS Milwaukee → locationOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Wasp → locationOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Maine → lowestPoint → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Maryland → lowestPoint → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New Jersey, United States → lowestPoint → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: New Jersey

South Carolina → lowestPoint → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

voyages of Henry the Navigator → mainRegionExplored → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

The Pilot → mainSetting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ