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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Laayoune locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Villa Cisneros locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Saguia el-Hamra borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Anaconda Plan theater Atlantic Ocean
K-class destroyer usedInTheater Atlantic Ocean
Montauk locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Brevard County borders Atlantic Ocean
Senegal River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Freetown locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic coast borders Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic coast ocean Atlantic Ocean
Martin Frobisher activeIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Saint John River dischargesInto Atlantic Ocean
Flores Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Volta River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Maritime Authority System domain Atlantic Ocean
City of Hamilton locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Patience operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Jacksonville Beach, Florida locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
South Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: South Beach (Martha’s Vineyard)
Gambia River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Gambia River dischargeLocation Atlantic Ocean
Lomé locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Beach, Florida locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Cotonou locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Neptune Beach, Florida locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
St. George’s, Bermuda locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Rum Cuillin locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Carn a’ Ghaill locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Crossapol locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Cliad locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Rackwick sea Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Rackwick sea Atlantic Ocean
Fernandina Beach, Florida borders Atlantic Ocean
Port Canaveral locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Banjul locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Banjul borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
USS Ranger (CV-4) primaryTheater Atlantic Ocean
Rùm locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Feall Bay hasWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Old Man of Hoy locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Old Man of Hoy sea Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there) bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Massachusetts
Jan Mayen Ridge partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean basin
East Greenland Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Arinagour pier maritimeRegion Atlantic Ocean