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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Romanche Fracture Zone oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic basin
Romanche Fracture Zone ocean Atlantic Ocean
Ascension Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Scotia Ridge locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Sea of Azov partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Manhattan Island and Long Island boundedBy Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Long Island
Nine Years' War hasTheatre Atlantic Ocean
East Coast of the United States ocean Atlantic Ocean
Lagos locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Southampton, New York, United States locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Southampton, New York
WIC primaryRegionOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Dutch West India Company
Elmina Castle locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
British Overseas Territories region Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Equatorial Guinea borderFeature Atlantic Ocean
Battle of Lagos theatre Atlantic Ocean
Great Point Light bodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Great Point Light locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Dragon spacecraft landingLocation Atlantic Ocean
Battle of Quiberon Bay theatre Atlantic Ocean
Fort Sumter locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Loire mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Sound locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Sound partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Sound connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
“The Flight to Paris” settingPlace Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: The Flight to Paris
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Sahara Desert borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Moby-Dick setting Atlantic Ocean
Cuba borderedBySea Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico partOf Atlantic Ocean
Cape Canaveral locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Northern Cape borderWith Atlantic Ocean
Northern Cape hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Boardwalk Beach hasWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
John Cabot exploredRegion Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Bouvet Triple Junction region locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Azores locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Tristan da Cunha locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Ipswich Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
Garonne flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Garonne ocean Atlantic Ocean
Arthur Kill mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Aegean Sea belongsTo Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Morecambe Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Sanlúcar de Barrameda locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Luanda locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Table Bay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean