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
Atlantic Ocean watershed	6
Atlantic Ocean region	5
North Atlantic	3
Atlantic	2
Atlantic basin	2
Central Atlantic Ocean	2
North Atlantic Ocean basin	2
Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)	1
Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)	1
Atlantic Ocean (portion)	1
Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)	1
Atlantic Ocean skyline	1
AtlanticOcean	1
North Atlantic area	1
equatorial Atlantic Ocean	1
northwest Atlantic Ocean	1
northwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
open Atlantic Ocean	1
tropical Atlantic Ocean	1
western Atlantic Ocean	1

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.

Sea Islands region → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Atlantic → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South Carolina → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southern Colonies → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southern Cone → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southwestern Europe → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

state of São Paulo → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: State of São Paulo

Suffolk County, New York → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

São Tomé and Príncipe → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

The Gambia → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tidewater region → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Trust Territory of Cameroon under French administration → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ulster → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

United States South Atlantic states → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Wampanoag homelands → borderedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dukes County, Massachusetts → borderedByBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Monroe County → borderedByBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Monroe County, Florida

Nantucket County → borderedByBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Puerto Rico → borderedByBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Americas → borderedByOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Antarctica → borderedByOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Latin America → borderedByOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

North America → borderedByOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

South America → borderedByOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cuba → borderedBySea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guadeloupe → borderedBySea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → borderedBySea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Martinique → borderedByWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Trinidad and Tobago → borderedByWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) → borderingSea → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Alagoas → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Antilles → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic coast → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Atlantic coast of Florida → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bayelsa State → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Beira Litoral → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brevard County → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Brittany → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Buenos Aires Province → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Cod → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Horn Archipelago → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Town metropolitan area coastline → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Casablanca-Settat region → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Casablanca-Settat

Central New Jersey → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cumberland County, Maine → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dakar Region → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Delmarva Peninsula → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

District of Faro → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Duval County, Florida → borders → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ