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

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.

Isthmus of Panama → separates → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Rockaway Peninsula → separates → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes → servedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Vincennes
Captains Courageous (1937 film) → setIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Perfect Storm → setIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
A Cruising Voyage Round the World → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Moby-Dick → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Robinson Crusoe → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Lady of the Aroostook → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Red Rover → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Spirit of St. Louis → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Voyage → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Voyage of the Beagle → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Wreck of the Hesperus → setting → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
“The Flight to Paris” → settingPlace → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flight to Paris
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
New Hampshire → sharesBorderWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Patagonia → sharesBorderWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego region → sharesBorderWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
United States and Canada → sharesMaritimeBorders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
RMS Titanic → sinkingLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Antarctic Bottom Water → spreadsIntoOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
GR11 long-distance footpath → startPoint → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne → startPoint → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
GR10 long-distance footpath → startSea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Beira Litoral → stretchesBetween → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Brava → surroundedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Loggerhead Key → surroundedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Scotland → surroundedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
United Kingdom → surroundedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Northeast Passage → terminusAt → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Anaconda Plan → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
II MEF Information Group → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic
Operation Berlin → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Seven Years' War → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Soviet Navy → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
USS Hancock → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
USS O’Brien (DD-415) → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
War of 1812 → theater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Admiral Graf Spee → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Air Transport Command → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region
Alliance → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Fleet → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Dornier Do 217 → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
SS Jeremiah O’Brien → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
USS Buck (DD-420) → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
USS Portsmouth → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
USS Ranger → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
USS Roe (DD-418) → theaterOfOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ