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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Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife seaBasin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
menceyato locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Pico de las Nieves (Cumbre Vieja ridge area on La Palma often cited around 1949 m) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Pico de las Nieves (La Palma)
Pico de las Nieves (Cumbre Vieja ridge area on La Palma often cited around 1949 m) hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Pico de las Nieves (La Palma)
Tazacorte locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Tazacorte hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
TFS locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Tenerife South Airport
GCTS located on coast of Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Tenerife South Airport
Granadilla de Abona locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Granadilla de Abona borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (south)
Juno Beach Pier offersViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Loxahatchee River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Halifax Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Swakopmund locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Kunene Region borders Atlantic Ocean
St. George's Parish borders Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: the Atlantic Ocean
TXKF region Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Amapá borders Atlantic Ocean
Amapá hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Scalasaig locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Hebron locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Hebron (oil field)
Maceió locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Maceió hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Strathclyde hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
HF/DF geographicTheater Atlantic Ocean
Ormond Beach, Florida locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (nearby region) locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (nearby region) hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Hollywood Beach borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Fogo (Cape Verde) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Casco Bay islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Ram Island Ledge Light locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Fort Hill area hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Tropical Northwestern Atlantic partOf Atlantic Ocean
Marblehead, Massachusetts borders Atlantic Ocean
Puerto de Mogán locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Puerto de Mogán hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Almada hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Santo Antão (Cape Verde) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Short Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Short Beach (Nahant, Massachusetts)
Short Beach hasView Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Short Beach (Nahant, Massachusetts)
northern Scotland borders Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Northern Scotland