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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Soay locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Lawrence, New York, United States locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Lawrence, New York
Finistère borders Atlantic Ocean
Finistère hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Îles de Glénan locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Estância hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Tavira Tower hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
City walls of Cádiz locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
City walls of Cádiz hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
University of Cádiz locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Kourou locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Marshfield locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic, Iowa namedAfter Atlantic Ocean
Long Point borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill militaryTheater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Frederick Bowhill
Leigh Light operationalTheater Atlantic Ocean
Kalsoy locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Thunderbolt, Georgia drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
Port of Savannah locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Tybee Island beaches border Atlantic Ocean
Haw River drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
La Orotava locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Teide–Pico Viejo complex locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
municipality of Telde hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Telde
province of Las Palmas locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
province of Las Palmas sea Atlantic Ocean
Maspalomas locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Jutland Current waterOrigin Atlantic Ocean
Congo Town locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Hollywood locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Hollywood, Florida
Rockingham County hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Caucaia hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Camocim locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Aquiraz locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Andros Barrier Reef locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
La Rioja hasClimateInfluence Atlantic Ocean
eastern Newfoundland locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Eastern Newfoundland
eastern Newfoundland hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Eastern Newfoundland
Port of Arecibo locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Lochboisdale isCoastalSettlementOf Atlantic Ocean
USS Laffey servedInTheater Atlantic Ocean
Winslow Homer Studio overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Prouts Neck Yacht Club locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Black Point Inn hasView Atlantic Ocean
Westhampton, New York coast Atlantic Ocean
Cape May Peninsula locatedOn Atlantic Ocean