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.

Anglo-Dutch Wars → mainTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dutch–Portuguese War → mainTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Kingdom of Spain → majorOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Portuguese Crown → maritimePower → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Arinagour pier → maritimeRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Loire estuary → meetsBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → militaryTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Amazon River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bou Regreg River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Chubut River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Congo River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gilão River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guadalquivir River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guadiana River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mondego River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ogooué River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orinoco River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saugus River → mouth → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cooper River → mouthLocatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Kennebec River → mouthLocatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Loire → mouthLocatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Piscataqua River → mouthLocatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Río Negro → mouthLocatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St. Johns River → mouthLocatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Altamaha River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Arthur Kill → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed

Delaware River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dordogne River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Douro River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gambia River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ipswich River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

James River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Merrimack River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Niger River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orange River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Raritan River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saco River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Savannah River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tagus River → mouthLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Chesapeake Bay → mouthOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bonny River → mouthOfWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic City → namedAfter → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → narrativeLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) → nativeRange → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlantic cod

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic puffin → nativeTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic white-sided dolphin → nativeTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic right whale → nativeTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Thomas Foley → navalTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Alfred → navalTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tribal-class destroyer (1936 design) → navalTheatre → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ