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.

John F. Kennedy Jr. → placeOfDeath → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

John Jacob Astor IV → placeOfDeath → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Michael J. Smith → placeOfDeath → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

WIC → primaryRegionOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Dutch West India Company

U-boats → primaryTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

USS Ranger (CV-4) → primaryTheater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → projectsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program → providesCoverageFor → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

British Overseas Territories → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Cape Verdean Creole → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Elizabeth Islands → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Falkland Islands pound → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Treaty → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic area

Saint Helena pound → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Sessions House → region → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Esek Hopkins → regionOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Pirates → regionOfActivity → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: AtlanticOcean

Las Palmas Naval Base → regionServed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

National Hurricane Center → regionServed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station → regionServed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

RV Sonne → researchArea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory → researchFocus → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Porto → riverMouthNearby → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

HMS Challenger → route → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik → route → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Voyage to the Moluccas → route → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation → routeConnects → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Victoria (ship) → routeIncluded → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Duval Street → runsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Discovery → sailingRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Discovery (Henry Hudson's ship)

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

São Pantaleão → sailingRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Overseas Highway → scenicView → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bioko Island → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape St. Vincent → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gran Canaria → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Loulé coastline → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Old Man of Hoy → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Praia da Oura → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rackwick → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Rackwick → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Small Isles → sea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Antigua → seaBorder → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cap-Vert Peninsula → seaBorder → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

First Portuguese India Armada → seaCrossed → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Afrikaansche Galey → seaVoyage → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Baltic Ice Lake → separatedFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Plum Island Sound → separatedFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Eleuthera → separates → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Florida Peninsula → separates → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Greater Antilles → separates → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ