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.

Cape Cod Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Casco Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Celtic Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Channel → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Charleston Harbor → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Crossapol Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

European seas → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

FAO Major Fishing Area 34 → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Greenland Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Cádiz → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Guinea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Honduras → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Maine → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Mexico → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of St. Lawrence → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Ipswich Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Irish Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Jan Mayen Ridge → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean basin

Kattegat → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Labrador Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Long Island Sound → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mona Passage → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mor Breizh → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Morecambe Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Nantucket Sound → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Newfoundland and Labrador shelf → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Channel → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

North Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Norwegian Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Placentia Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Puerto Rico Trench → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

San Juan Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sargasso Sea → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sea of Azov → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

St George’s Channel → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Table Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

The Narrows → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Upper New York Bay → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed

Vineyard Sound → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

West Indies → partOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region

Equator → passesThrough → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tropic of Capricorn → passesThrough → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Maryland (SSBN-738) → patrolArea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

John Hudson → placeOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Piet Hein → placeOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Günther Lütjens → placeOfDeath → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Harry Elkins Widener → placeOfDeath → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean