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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Amazon River mouth emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River mouth adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River mouth ocean Atlantic Ocean
Scottish Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
World War I location Atlantic Ocean
Plymouth locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Plymouth, Massachusetts
Province of North Carolina borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Erie Canal connects Atlantic Ocean
Age of Sail dominantRegion Atlantic Ocean
Lisbon locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Milwaukee Deep locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Milwaukee Deep locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Atlantic Ocean
Milwaukee Deep oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
Milwaukee Deep oceanRegion Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
Aquinnah isCoastalSettlement Atlantic Ocean
Discovery sailingRegion Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Discovery (Henry Hudson's ship)
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Southern Cone geopolitical region of Chile borders Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)
Spanish Armada location Atlantic Ocean
Spain hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
South Africa hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Straits of Florida locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Straits of Florida connectsBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Southern United States borders Atlantic Ocean
Anglo-Dutch Wars mainTheater Atlantic Ocean
Essex County locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Essex County, Massachusetts
Tropic of Cancer passesThrough Atlantic Ocean
Antarctica borderedByOcean Atlantic Ocean
Saint Thomas locatedInOcean Atlantic Ocean
U.S. state of Georgia borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Georgia
Spanish galleon trade uses Atlantic Ocean
Haiti hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
War of 1812 theater Atlantic Ocean
Benguela Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Congo River mouth emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Congo River mouth locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Canary Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Scottish Highlands borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Eastern Hemisphere includesOcean Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)
Channel Islands (crown dependencies) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Channel Islands
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Napoleonic Wars location Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic slave trade mainRegion Atlantic Ocean
Labrador borders Atlantic Ocean