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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Five Cays hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Leeward nearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Chalk Sound locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Grace Bay Beach locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Grand Turk District locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Duke Street historic area near Atlantic Ocean
Government House (Grand Turk) near Atlantic Ocean
Colony of Georgia borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Port-Gentil locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Port of Seville connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
manx shearwater breedingRange Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Manx shearwater
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Town of Dennis hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic division borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Ostraciidae geographicDistribution Atlantic Ocean
Monacanthidae distribution Atlantic Ocean
Provo locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Chatham Harbor locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Chatham Harbor connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Ocean Park hasView Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Ocean Park (Oak Bluffs)
West Indies station areaOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: West Indies Station
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Belegaer inspiredBy Atlantic Ocean
Woods Hole passage partOf Atlantic Ocean
Port of Toronto connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Isla Verde Beach locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Témara locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Témara climateInfluence Atlantic Ocean
Port of Sines locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Praia de São Torpes locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
São Gabriel crossed Atlantic Ocean
Bérrio sailedVia Atlantic Ocean
Pêro Escobar areaOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
Second Portuguese India Armada route Atlantic Ocean
Ogeechee River basin emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
South Portland, Maine locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Continental Europe borders Atlantic Ocean
Ewing Seamount locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Ewing Seamount partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Ewing fracture zone locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Ewing Fracture Zone
Bay of Montevideo locatedOnWaterbody Atlantic Ocean
Sines Castle overlooks Atlantic Ocean
São Rafael voyageRoute Atlantic Ocean
Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Citadelle Laferrière
Ogunquit locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Funchal Airport locatedNear Atlantic Ocean