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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this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
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this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
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Ampère Seamount locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
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America's Cup 1977 bodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
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Westhampton Beach, New York locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Hudson River watershed drainsInto Atlantic Ocean
North Brazil Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Skaill locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Skaill hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
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Pamlico Sound outflow Atlantic Ocean
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this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Holm Sound waterBody Atlantic Ocean
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HMS Dorsetshire theatre Atlantic Ocean
Hull locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Hull, Massachusetts
Hull hasBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Hull, Massachusetts
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Quogue, New York locatedNextTo Atlantic Ocean
North Hampton, New Hampshire locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Lynn Shore Drive followsCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Lynn Shore Drive hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Berbice coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Demerara River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Demerara River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Coruripe locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Coruripe hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
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