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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Vøring Plateau locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Port Wemyss locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Port Wemyss hasNearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Urabá ocean Atlantic Ocean
HMS Hampshire, near Orkney, Scotland bodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: HMS Hampshire
Islay Airport locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Hampton Bays, New York locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Hampton Bays, New York hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Seabrook, New Hampshire hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Tajo River mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Tajo River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Grande-Terre hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Ulva locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Appledore Island
Atlantis locatedInMyth Atlantic Ocean
Sandy Hook locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Long Branch locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Island Beach State Park locatedBetween Atlantic Ocean
Easy Street Basin locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Kilt Rock hasNearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
City of Cape May locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Lofoten Basin partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Portuguese Gold Coast borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Wildwood locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Wildwood, New Jersey
HMS Fox theatreOfWar Atlantic Ocean
Nobska Point (across Vineyard Sound) bodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Nobska Point
Deer Island waterBody Atlantic Ocean
Varadero locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Trans-Canada Highway connects Atlantic Ocean
Evie hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Birsay hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Birsay hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Birsay hasNearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Ward Hill (Mainland Orkney) locatedInBody Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Birsay and Evie area hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Birsay and Evie area hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Evie and Birsay area hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Free Dutch forces operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Water originatesFrom Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
2005 Atlantic hurricane season basin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
2005 Atlantic hurricane season ocean Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Flyway followsCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Miquelon-Langlade locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Miquelon-Langlade hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Volusia County bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean