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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Marble House hasView Atlantic Ocean
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Punta Arenas Province bordersWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Islamorada borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Port of Lisbon locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Santo Antão locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Newport County bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
John-John placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean
John-John burialPlace Atlantic Ocean
Seaborn Cotton placeOfBirth Atlantic Ocean
Portugal and Spain borderWith Atlantic Ocean
Portugal and Spain haveCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Island Park, New York locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Brewsters Islands coast Atlantic Ocean
Pyrénées-Atlantiques borders Atlantic Ocean
Pyrénées-Atlantiques namedAfter Atlantic Ocean
Albert Grossman placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean
Southern Europe borders Atlantic Ocean
Narragansett Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
Narragansett Bay hasMouthIn Atlantic Ocean
Northbay locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Borve locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Bruernish locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Kisimul Castle surroundedBy Atlantic Ocean
Bell Rock oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
RRS Charles Darwin researchArea Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
HRM hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Halifax Regional Municipality
HMC Dockyard Halifax regionServed Atlantic Ocean
Hassan II Mosque locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Block Island Sound locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Long Island (Boston Harbor) waterBody Atlantic Ocean
Saint-Pierre locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Liberty County borders Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Liberty County, Georgia
Liberty County hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Liberty County, Georgia
São Vicente locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
São Vicente hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic salmon nativeTo Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
McIntosh County hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: McIntosh County, Georgia
La Plata Basin drainsInto Atlantic Ocean
Miami, Florida, United States locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Miami
Eoligarry locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Eoligarry locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean