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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João da Nova areaOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
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this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Battle of the Chesapeake location Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Africa borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Africa hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Cooper River mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Oban locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
County Cork hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Venezuelan Basin ocean Atlantic Ocean
Troms hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Bonny River mouthOfWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Gemini 12 landingSite Atlantic Ocean
Long Key State Park locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Long Key State Park hasView Atlantic Ocean
Georgetown, Guyana locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gemini 4 landingSite Atlantic Ocean
Mid Yell locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region
Western Settlement locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic right whale nativeTo Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
West Harwich locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
European seas partOf Atlantic Ocean
Praia do Barril locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Antilles borders Atlantic Ocean
Antilles from Atlantic Ocean
Antilles oceanicContext Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Petit Martinique locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Bass Rocks near Atlantic Ocean
Bass Rocks hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Cabinda locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Cabinda borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Cabinda hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
São Nicolau locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Maio locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Maio hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Brava locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Brava surroundedBy Atlantic Ocean
Terceira Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
The World’s Most Famous Beach coast Atlantic Ocean
Loire-Atlantique department borders Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Loire-Atlantique
Gallanach locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Victoria (ship) routeIncluded Atlantic Ocean
Idlewild Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Wampanoag homelands borderedBy Atlantic Ocean