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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Dorado municipality coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
TPC Dorado Beach near Atlantic Ocean
TPC Dorado Beach hasView Atlantic Ocean
Mameyal locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Vega Alta hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Hafnarfjörður hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
FSM operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Muizenberg ocean Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Island locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Island borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (east)
Siasconset Bluff Walk hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
municipality of Arecibo locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
municipality of Arecibo hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
2008 Chaitén eruption ashFallReached Atlantic Ocean
Öræfajökull locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Öræfajökull volcanic system near Atlantic Ocean
South Coast of Iceland borders Atlantic Ocean
Maimonides Park nearbyAttraction Atlantic Ocean
Maimonides Park hasView Atlantic Ocean
Sebou River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Arecibo, Puerto Rico locatedBy Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Vieques hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Thurso
Little Exuma Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
HMS Galatea (71) theatre Atlantic Ocean
Fort Hancock nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Oyapock River mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Oyapock River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Queens Community District 14 locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Santee River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Santee River flowsInto Atlantic Ocean
Ponta Delgada Airport locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Peconic Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
Peconic Bay connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
USS Pillsbury patrolledArea Atlantic Ocean
equatorial Atlantic Ocean locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Romanche transform fault ocean Atlantic Ocean
Hurricane name Allison (for future seasons) basin Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Allison
Hurricane name Allison (for future seasons) oceanBasinRegion Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Allison
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Cape Verde-type system (late-stage) is not applicable basin Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Hurricane Agnes (1972)
Pointe-Noire locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Anglo-Dutch fleet theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Brest naval base locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Battle of Bantry Bay navalTheatre Atlantic Ocean
Grand River hasMouthIn Atlantic Ocean