Atlantic Ocean

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body of water geographical feature ocean

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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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Atlantic Ocean	135
South Atlantic Ocean	23
Atlantic Ocean basin	20
Atlantic Ocean watershed	6
Atlantic Ocean region	5
North Atlantic	3
Atlantic	2
Atlantic basin	2
Central Atlantic Ocean	2
North Atlantic Ocean basin	2
Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)	1
Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)	1
Atlantic Ocean (portion)	1
Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)	1
Atlantic Ocean skyline	1
AtlanticOcean	1
North Atlantic area	1
equatorial Atlantic Ocean	1
northwest Atlantic Ocean	1
northwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
open Atlantic Ocean	1
tropical Atlantic Ocean	1
western Atlantic Ocean	1

Statements (69)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (1,591)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fram Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Channel → connectsBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

St George’s Channel → connectsBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Straits of Florida → connectsBodyOfWater → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Interstate 10 → connectsOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Isthmus of Panama → connectsOceanBasins → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation → connectsThroughOperations → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Baltimore Harbor → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Beagle Channel → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Canal du Midi → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Charleston Harbor → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Davis Strait → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

European inland shipping network → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Inland Waterway System of the United States → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Lower New York Bay → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Nantucket Sound → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New York Harbor estuarine system → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Port of Liverpool → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Port of Montreal → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Vineyard Sound → connectsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Panama Canal Authority → connectsViaCanal → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Maine → connectsWith → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: open Atlantic Ocean

Northern Hemisphere → contains → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Western Hemisphere → contains → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Beja District → containsCoastline → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southern Hemisphere → containsPartOf → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bermuda National Library → continent → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region

Macaronesia → continent → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Air France Flight 447 → crashLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mayflower → crossedOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

New York–Paris → crosses → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

GR10 long-distance footpath → crossesMountainRangeFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Paris–San Francisco → crossesOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Pedro de Mendoza → deathPlace → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Puerto Rico Trench → deepestPointIn → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orinoco River → deltaOpensInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Coat of arms of the Canary Islands → depicts → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Matthew (often identified flagship of 1497 voyage) → destination → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Matthew (ship)

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Gambia River → dischargeLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Ogooué River → dischargeLocation → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Congo River → dischargesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guadiana River → dischargesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orange River → dischargesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saint John River → dischargesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Chelonia mydas → distribution → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cubozoa → distribution → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Dermochelys coriacea → distribution → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sargassum natans → distribution → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Balistidae → distributionOcean → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ