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.

Key Largo → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Key West, Florida → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Kingdom of Scotland → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Leblon → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Leeward Islands → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Loango National Park → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Long Island → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lower Cape → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Magallanes Region (historically) → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Magallanes Region

Maine → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Manchester-by-the-Sea → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Maritime Canada → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Merritt Island → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nassau–Suffolk metropolitan division → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New England → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New Hampshire Colony → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New Jersey, United States → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: New Jersey

New York → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

U.S. state of New York → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: New York

New York metropolitan area → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Newfoundland and Labrador → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nordic → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Beach → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Northern Europe → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Northwest Africa → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orinoco Delta → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Pampas → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Paraíba → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Patagonian Desert → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Pernambuco → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Praia dos Pescadores → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of Carolina → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of Delaware → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of Georgia → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of New Hampshire → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of New Jersey → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of North Carolina → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Province of South Carolina → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Provincetown → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Congo → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of the Congo

Rivers State → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rockaway Peninsula → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Río de Oro → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saguia el-Hamra → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sahara Desert → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Scottish Highlands → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Scottish mainland → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ