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
boundedBy Africa
Arctic Ocean to the north
Europe
North America
South America
Southern Ocean to the south
linked to: Southern Ocean
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
North Atlantic Drift
linked to: Gulf Stream
hasMaximumDepth about 27,480 feet
about 8,376 meters
hasNotableIslandGroup Azores
linked to: Portugal

Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Caribbean Islands
linked to: Caribbean
hasNotableSea Sargasso Sea
hasPart North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: North Atlantic area

South Atlantic Ocean
linked to: 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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United States of America borderOcean Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Greater Boston bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Hudson River emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Treaty region North Atlantic area
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod borders Atlantic Ocean
Lynn coastalCity Atlantic Ocean
European theatre of World War II location North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Phoney War location Atlantic Ocean
New England borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
New England hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
North America borderedByOcean Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico borderedByBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean hasPart South Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Lake Michigan oceanDrainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
Martha's Vineyard locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Port of Boston locatedOnWaterbody Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Florida borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Florida coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
New York borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
United States Navy operatesIn Atlantic Ocean
Albufeira locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Northern Hemisphere contains North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda locatedIn North Atlantic Ocean
subject linked to: Bermuda (United Kingdom)
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
San Juan locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Earth hasOcean Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench locatedIn western Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench locatedIn North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench partOf Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench deepestPointIn Atlantic Ocean
Equator passesThrough Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream flowsToward North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Maryland hasShorelineOn Atlantic Ocean
Maryland lowestPoint Atlantic Ocean
United Kingdom surroundedBy Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket hasBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts Bay locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts Bay ocean Atlantic Ocean
American Revolutionary War location Atlantic Ocean
Europe borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Seven Years' War theater Atlantic Ocean
France borderSea Atlantic Ocean
Portugal hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean connectedTo Atlantic Ocean