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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State of Espírito Santo coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Riis Park locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Alexander (ship) operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Scarborough (ship) serviceArea Atlantic Ocean
Rio Muni hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Delta Amacuro State borders Atlantic Ocean
German Navy destroyer Lütjens (D185) hasTheater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Douarnenez locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
South Caicos Airport nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
XSC nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
East Caicos locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Grand Turk locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Grand Turk nearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Brass hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Ogbia locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ijaw borderFeature Atlantic Ocean
HMS Duke of York theatreOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Wainscott borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
West Coast District Municipality coast Atlantic Ocean
1st Baron Hawke militaryTheater Atlantic Ocean
South South hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Pomeroon locatedOnCoast Atlantic Ocean
1759 (Battle of Quiberon Bay) theatre Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Battle of Quiberon Bay
Fort Taylor hasView Atlantic Ocean
Caernarfon Bay hydrologicalSystem Atlantic Ocean
Bambarra Beach hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Prussian Gold Coast coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Takoradi locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Lake Worth Lagoon connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Kennebec River watershed emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Route 17 passesNear Atlantic Ocean
Moroccan Sahara borders Atlantic Ocean
Río Grande hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
city of Faro locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Faro
Sado River area borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Mudjin Harbour Beach hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Mudjin Harbour Beach waterBody Atlantic Ocean
Rade de Brest partOf Atlantic Ocean
Iroise Sea locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Iroise Sea borders Atlantic Ocean
Château de Brest faces Atlantic Ocean
Océanopolis locatedOnWaterbody Atlantic Ocean
Brest roadstead connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Brest roadstead waterBody Atlantic Ocean