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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Table Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea and Sea of Azov partOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Black Sea
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
West Africa borders Atlantic Ocean
Angola locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Mauritania border Atlantic Ocean
Mauritania hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
The Voyage setting Atlantic Ocean
Northwest Passage connects Atlantic Ocean
Charleston locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Spanish Sahara bordersWith Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Africa Command operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Nouakchott locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Nouakchott isPortCityOn Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar connects Atlantic Ocean
Portuguese Armed Forces operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Sea Venture shipwreck location Atlantic Ocean
Edgartown, Massachusetts locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Harwich locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Rum locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Canna locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Coll hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Hoy hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Leeward Islands ocean Atlantic Ocean
Leeward Islands borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Greenland Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Orinoco River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Orinoco River deltaOpensInto Atlantic Ocean
The Narrows partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
Argentine Antarctica locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Route 1A followsCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Route 1A (Massachusetts)
Rhode Island locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Rhode Island borders Atlantic Ocean
Boston Harbor locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed
Caribbean Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea borders Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Quincy locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Admiral Graf Spee theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Saint Helena locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Cape Horn sea route locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Cape Horn sea route connects Atlantic Ocean
Isla Verde borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Isla Verde waterBody Atlantic Ocean
Windward Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Madeira locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean