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.

San Antonio → navigationArea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Vega expedition → navigationFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Art Deco Historic District → near → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bass Rocks → near → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Poucha Pond → near → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Truro Highlands Historic District → near → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Virginia Peninsula → near → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gando Air Base → nearBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia → nearBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Hunter Army Airfield

Stony Brook Southampton → nearBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St. Augustine, Florida → nearWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cockburn Town → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Faro Airport → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

FAO → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Faro Airport

Horta Airport → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Key West International Airport → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Miami → nearbyBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Marconi Station Site → nearbyFeature → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cumbre Vieja → nearbyOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Ferrol Naval Base → nearbyWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Presidential Palace of Senegal → nearbyWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ushuaia → nearbyWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

World War II Memorial → northArchInscription → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic

Allied merchant shipping → notableTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Deep Western Boundary Current → occursIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Equatorial Countercurrent → occursIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Amazon River mouth → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic coast → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic coast of North America → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Azores Triple Junction → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Cod Bay → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cardigan Bay → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cayman Ridge → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cayman Trough → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Colombian Basin → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Delaware Bay → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

East Coast of the United States → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Eastern Point Lighthouse → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Garonne → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hermanus → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hospital Key → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hudson Strait → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Leeward Islands → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ligurian Sea → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Macaronesia → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Massachusetts Bay → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Milwaukee → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Milwaukee Deep

Mississippi Canyon → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

North Atlantic Deep Water → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ