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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New Haven, Connecticut coast Atlantic Ocean
Municipality of Culebra hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
South Sandwich Trench locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
South Sandwich Trench ocean Atlantic Ocean
Greenland locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Greenland borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Irish Free State borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Duval County, Florida borders Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Southern Command hasOperationalArea Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean (portion)
Azores Current locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland and Labrador shelf partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) borderingSea Atlantic Ocean
subject surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Northern Ireland locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic
Jersey City isPortCityOn Atlantic Ocean
New Hampshire sharesBorderWith Atlantic Ocean
Nantes locatedNearCoast Atlantic Ocean
Cape Verde Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
The Breakers overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Patagonian Desert borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Falkland Islands locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River mouth Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
Western Hemisphere contains Atlantic Ocean
Long Island borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
São Tomé and Príncipe borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
West Indies partOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean region
Port of Colón waterwayConnection Atlantic Ocean
Longwood House locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
Longwood House hasView Atlantic Ocean
Piet Hein placeOfActivity Atlantic Ocean
Guadeloupe borderedBySea Atlantic Ocean
Antarctic Circumpolar Current connects Atlantic Ocean
Americas borderedByOcean Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound partOf Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound hasOutflow Atlantic Ocean
Mar-a-Lago locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Southern Africa bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Dominican Republic hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Operation Berlin theater Atlantic Ocean
Operation Berlin location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
Operation Berlin location Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: Central Atlantic Ocean
St. George's School overlooks Atlantic Ocean
Celtic Sea partOf Atlantic Ocean
Celtic Sea locatedInNorthernPartOf Atlantic Ocean
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean