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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Conception Bay locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Saint-Jean-de-Luz locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Cádiz Cathedral overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Lewis locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Lewis borders Atlantic Ocean
Anglet hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Outer Lands coastal archipelagic region locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Lower Township borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Lower Township locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Halfway Rock Light waterBody Atlantic Ocean
Cape May beachfront district borders Atlantic Ocean
Ashley River mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Tanger-Med locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Morey’s Piers hasNearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Great Egg Harbor Bay connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Hereford Inlet partOf Atlantic Ocean
Hereford Inlet locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Hereford Inlet connects Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henlopen State Park borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Battle of Cape Ortegal location Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas Platform locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Tongue of the Ocean locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Tongue of the Ocean oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Providence Channel locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Providence Channel connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Pará borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Kiloran Bay hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Balnahard Bay hasWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Nauset Spit borders Atlantic Ocean
Mangrove Cay locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Ross-shire hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Harris locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Ocean City Boardwalk adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse near Atlantic Ocean
Cape Region, Delaware hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Otariidae geographicDistribution Atlantic Ocean
Battle of Cape Lizard location Atlantic Ocean
North Sea coast of Denmark partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean