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.
Observed surface forms (23)
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.
subject surface form:
Eastern Massachusetts
subject surface form:
Loire-Atlantique
subject surface form:
North Shore (Massachusetts)
subject surface form:
Northern Spain
this entity surface form:
Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)
this entity surface form:
South Atlantic Ocean