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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Port of Duluth-Superior connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Southwestern Europe borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Paria locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Gulf of Paria connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Arctic theatre of World War II locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
USS Portsmouth theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Saint-Louis, Senegal locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Sorisdale hasNearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Crossapol Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
Washington County, Maine locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Washington County, Maine hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Western France borders Atlantic Ocean
Western France hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Merritt Island borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Canal de Garonne waterwayLinkBetween Atlantic Ocean
Jan Mayen Fracture Zone locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Torastan Bay isPartOf Atlantic Ocean
Torastan Bay hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Fort Pierce, Florida, United States borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Fort Pierce, Florida
Downstate New York hasMajorBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Gravesend Bay waterBody Atlantic Ocean
East Hampton, New York, United States locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: East Hampton, New York
New Hampshire Seacoast locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic coastal ecoregion locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Salem Harbor locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Tarifa locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Savannah River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Savannah River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Cayman Trough ocean Atlantic Ocean
Centro Region bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Coimbra District hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Beira Litoral borders Atlantic Ocean
Beira Litoral hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Beira Litoral stretchesBetween Atlantic Ocean
Northern Lighthouse Board (lighthouse and some land) operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Northern Lighthouse Board
Home Fleet theatre Atlantic Ocean
Altamaha River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Altamaha River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Altamaha River drainageTo Atlantic Ocean
Bimini locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Tobagonian hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic theatre of World War I location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Coll locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Honduras partOf Atlantic Ocean
West of Scotland borders Atlantic Ocean
Katama hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean