Atlantic Ocean

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body of water geographical feature ocean

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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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Atlantic Ocean	135
South Atlantic Ocean	23
Atlantic Ocean basin	20
Atlantic Ocean watershed	6
Atlantic Ocean region	5
North Atlantic	3
Atlantic	2
Atlantic basin	2
Central Atlantic Ocean	2
North Atlantic Ocean basin	2
Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)	1
Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)	1
Atlantic Ocean (portion)	1
Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)	1
Atlantic Ocean skyline	1
AtlanticOcean	1
North Atlantic area	1
equatorial Atlantic Ocean	1
northwest Atlantic Ocean	1
northwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
open Atlantic Ocean	1
tropical Atlantic Ocean	1
western Atlantic Ocean	1

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.

Gironde department → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Greater Boston → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hancock County, Maine → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Jacksonville metropolitan area → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Massachusetts → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there) → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Massachusetts

Miami metropolitan area → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Monmouth County, New Jersey → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

North Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Northeast Florida → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Northeastern United States → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Pays de la Loire → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

Rockingham County, New Hampshire → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southern Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St. Johns County, Florida → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Toa Baja → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

United Kingdom coastline → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Virginia → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

York County, Maine → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

mainland Portugal → bordersBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ondo State → bordersCountry → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Indian Ocean → bordersOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Río Muni → bordersOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Akwa Ibom State → bordersWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Queens County → bordersWaterBody → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Spanish Sahara → bordersWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Manhattan Island and Long Island → boundedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Island

contiguous United States → boundedByBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

John F. Kennedy Jr. → burialPlace → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)

U-505 submarine → capturedIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: U-505

Fronsac → climateInfluence → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Right Bank of Bordeaux → climateInfluence → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saumur-Champigny → climateInfluence → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Baie de Seine → climateInfluencedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Maritime Canada → climateInfluencedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

North Channel → climateInfluencedBy → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Cabanas de Tavira → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Carolina, Puerto Rico → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dennis → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Dennis, Massachusetts

Dutch Angola → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Falmouth → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Falmouth, Massachusetts

Lynn, Massachusetts → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nassau County, Florida → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New Haven, Connecticut → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New London, Connecticut → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Huelva → coast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Province of Huelva