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.

North Atlantic Equatorial Current → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Playa del Carmen, Mexico → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Playa del Carmen

Praia de São Rafael → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rhossili Bay → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Romanche Fracture Zone → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Romanche Trench → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saint Croix → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Septentrional-Oriente fault zone → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sigsbee Deep → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Sandwich Trench → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Venezuelan Basin → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Yucatán Basin → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Yucatán Peninsula → ocean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Antilles Current → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brazil Current → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brownson Deep → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Florida Current → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Bothnia → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Loop Current → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Milwaukee Deep → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mona Passage → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic subtropical gyre → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Romanche Fracture Zone → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic basin

Saint Lawrence River → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tagus River → oceanBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Alcock and Brown transatlantic flight (did not meet route requirement) → oceanCrossed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Paris–Los Angeles → oceanCrossed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lake Michigan → oceanDrainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Flag of the Canary Islands → oceanRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Milwaukee Deep → oceanRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Antilles → oceanicContext → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Head of the Meadow Beach → onBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bay of Biscay → opensTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Western Mediterranean → opensTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Casa de Contratación → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Duke → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dutch West India Company → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Niña → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Patience → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin) → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: RRS Charles Darwin

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

RV Calypso → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Roman navy → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin) → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: USNS Gibbs

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

USS Milwaukee → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Viking ship → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

White Star Line → operatedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Santiago → operatedInRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Santiago (Magellan expedition ship)

Danish Navy → operatesIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean