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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Scomberesocidae distribution Atlantic Ocean
Francis Gore continentOfAdministration Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Central Cuba hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Bay Head hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Bay Head adjacentWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Falmouth, Massachusetts
Ivindo River drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
USS Augusta theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Bras d'Or Lake connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Sandy Hook Bay connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Blohm & Voss Ha 138 primaryTheater Atlantic Ocean
Yaque del Norte River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Yaque del Norte River tributaryOf Atlantic Ocean
Cabot Strait locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Cabot Strait connectsBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Mogador locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Mogador nearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Essaouira locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Clifden locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Rockaway Beach borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Arverne borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Arverne hasWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Fort Tilden locatedOnWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Breezy Point Tip borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Breezy Point Cooperative near Atlantic Ocean
New England coastline locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
New England coastline borders Atlantic Ocean
Isla de los Estados hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Northern Isles locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Northern Isles borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Northern Isles surroundedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Paulo da Gama placeOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
Apollo 9 landingSite Atlantic Ocean
’Sconset locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
’Sconset hasView Atlantic Ocean
Sankaty Head Caddie Camp proximityTo Atlantic Ocean
Pax Britannica hasKeyRegion Atlantic Ocean
Falcon 10MER (largely retired) usedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Falcon 10MER
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Ciboure locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón areaOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Belle Isle connects Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Belle Isle partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Magdalen Islands locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Ogooué-Maritime Province hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Macaé locatedOn Atlantic Ocean