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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Fort Metal Cross locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Fort Metal Cross nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Fort Batenstein overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Fort Victoria (Cape Coast) locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Ussher Fort overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Lagos Lagoon connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Lagos Lagoon outflow Atlantic Ocean
Grand Turk Lighthouse locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Grand Turk Lighthouse facesBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Turks Island Passage locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
HMS Aurora theatreOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Pamet River Valley near Atlantic Ocean
Portsmouth Harbor locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
municipality of Toa Baja hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Toa Baja
Port of Palm Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gin Lane Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gin Lane Beach hasWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Bata Port locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
HMS Rawalpindi placeOfSinking Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
HMS Rawalpindi theatreOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Gibraltar Harbour waterBody Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (via Strait of Gibraltar)
Gibbs Cay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Oron people coastalEnvironment Atlantic Ocean
Saldanha Bay Local Municipality coast Atlantic Ocean
Fort Patience hasView Atlantic Ocean
Fort William (Cape Coast) locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Quincy Bay connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Crew Dragon Demo-1 splashdownLocation Atlantic Ocean
HMS Glorious navalTheatre Atlantic Ocean
Adour mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Bioko Norte hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Avalon, New Jersey coast Atlantic Ocean
Fajardo, Puerto Rico locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Gardiners Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
Sekondi locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Elmina township locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Conch Bar locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Bambarra hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Mudjin Harbour locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Orange River Mouth locatedOnWaterbody Atlantic Ocean
Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho) flowsToward Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Senqu River
State of Espírito Santo borderedBy Atlantic Ocean