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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Good Harbor Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Good Harbor Beach hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Yell locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Yell hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Falmouth coast Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Falmouth, Massachusetts
Northeast Passage connects Atlantic Ocean
Northeast Passage terminusAt Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Florida Keys locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Brownson Deep locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Brownson Deep oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Brownson Deep isDeepestPointOf Atlantic Ocean
Red Rock Park overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts Route 1A followsCoast Atlantic Ocean
Faro Airport nearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Outer Cape Cod borders Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Central New Jersey borders Atlantic Ocean
Tavira locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Dakar locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Casablanca locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Casablanca hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
Western Approaches locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Channel partOf Atlantic Ocean
Channel connects Atlantic Ocean
Mor Breizh partOf Atlantic Ocean
European continental shelf locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Grenada borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Baltimore Harbor connectsTo Atlantic Ocean
Daytona Beach locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
British Isles locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
British Isles borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Baffin Bay partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean basin
Baffin Bay connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Chatham hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Chatham borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic coast of North America ocean Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic coast of North America partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic basin
Namib Desert borders Atlantic Ocean
Vila Real de Santo António locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Palm Beach, Florida, United States locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Palm Beach, Florida
Namibia hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Revere Beach Reservation adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean
Antigua and Barbuda hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay mouthOf Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay drainsInto Atlantic Ocean
Scotland surroundedBy Atlantic Ocean
Georgia borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Canada hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean