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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Clachan locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Clachan (North Uist)
Paible locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Paible hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
North Carolinian coastlineState Atlantic Ocean
North Fork climateInfluencedBy Atlantic Ocean
Uig hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Cliff Walk area of Newport hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Land's End locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Riviera Maya region ocean Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Riviera Maya
Staffa locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
North Wildwood locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
cliffs of Aquinnah locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Cliffs of Aquinnah
Massachusetts 9th congressional district borderingBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
Battle of the Denmark Strait location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Bridgehampton, New York locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Cape May Point locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic City Boardwalk followsCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic City Boardwalk hasView Atlantic Ocean
Tremont, Maine, United States coast Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Tremont, Maine
Tremont, Maine, United States borders Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Tremont, Maine
HMS Rainbow navalTheatre Atlantic Ocean
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States locatedNearBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
Conachair faces Atlantic Ocean
Conachair region Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Soay sheep locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
St Kilda wren foundIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
northern gannet nativeTo Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
northern gannet primaryOcean Atlantic Ocean
Ministry of Defence radar installation on Hirta locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Shoals locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Bahía Vizcaína parteDe Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: océano Atlántico
Atlantic Forest biome adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Severn Estuary opensInto Atlantic Ocean
Town of Islip, New York hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Vila do Bispo area hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Lagos city walls locatedNextTo Atlantic Ocean
Eysturoy locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Eysturoy hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Vágar locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Vágar hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Matanzas locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Sintra nearBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Ventnor City coast Atlantic Ocean
Ventnor City adjacentBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
The Minch partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean