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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Argentina borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Virginia bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Brooklyn borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Merrimack River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Merrimack River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Province of South Carolina borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of Scotland borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Ireland locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Wellfleet hasBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Truro hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Liberia hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Hopewell areaOfOperation Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Key West, Florida borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Algarve hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Faro District borders Atlantic Ocean
Faro District hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Rio de Janeiro coast Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Panama Canal connects Atlantic Ocean
Southern Hemisphere containsPartOf Atlantic Ocean
Praia da Oura sea Atlantic Ocean
Malecón locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Iberian Peninsula borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Irish Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Severn flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Capitol of Puerto Rico overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Spanish Navy operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Eurasian Plate underlies Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
National Hurricane Center regionServed Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Praia dos Pescadores borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Falklands War location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Morocco borderSea Atlantic Ocean
Yucatán Peninsula ocean Atlantic Ocean
Brazil Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Brazil Current oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
Queens borders Atlantic Ocean
Province of Georgia borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
New York metropolitan area borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Dennis coast Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Dennis, Massachusetts
Cape Cod National Seashore locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Lynn Harbor locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
U-boats primaryTheater Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean bordersOcean Atlantic Ocean
Turks and Caicos Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Greater Antilles locatedIn Atlantic Ocean