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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Blockade of Cádiz militaryTheater Atlantic Ocean
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Palm Valley, Florida locatedWestOf Atlantic Ocean
Florida State Road 1 parallelTo Atlantic Ocean
Sandys Parish borders Atlantic Ocean
Sandys Parish hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Lower Township, New Jersey locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Anchieta, Espírito Santo locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Warwick Parish locatedOnBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Mweelrea locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Campo de Gibraltar borders Atlantic Ocean
Campo de Gibraltar hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Loire-Atlantique locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Bights of Benin and Biafra locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Southampton–Cherbourg–New York bodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
GBTT usedOn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Queen operatedOn Atlantic Ocean
NATO naval exercises takesPlaceIn Atlantic Ocean
Mano River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Mano River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Praia de Quinta do Lago borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Cork hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Cork (county)
North Atlantic Squadron theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
LANTFLT operationalDomain Atlantic Ocean
Queens–Brooklyn borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Mill Basin Inlet hasTidalInfluenceFrom Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Islands climateInfluence Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Wellfleet, Massachusetts borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Rathlin Island locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Vilamoura Beach hasCoast Atlantic Ocean
Linha do Oeste followsCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Groix 1795 theatre Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Battle of Groix
Norway–Iceland maritime boundary agreements appliesToArea Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Vieux-Château locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Vieux-Château hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
Port-Joinville harbor locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Plage des Sabias locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
Plage des Sabias hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean
diving saucer SP-350 Denise usedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: SP-350 Denise