Central Atlantic Ocean

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The Central Atlantic Ocean is the mid-portion of the Atlantic Ocean basin, characterized by deep abyssal plains, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and extensive open-ocean waters between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marine ecoregion ⓘ
oceanic region ⓘ
boundedBy Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
crossedBy Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
formedBy divergent plate boundary between American and African plates ⓘ
hasAverageDepth approximately 4000 to 5000 meters ⓘ
hasBiodiversity deep-sea invertebrates ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
pelagic fish ⓘ
plankton communities ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasBiogeographicRealm Atlantic biogeographic realm ⓘ
hasClimateInfluence subtropical climate ⓘ
temperate climate ⓘ
tropical climate ⓘ
hasCurrent Benguela Current ⓘ
Brazil Current ⓘ
Canary Current ⓘ
Equatorial Countercurrent ⓘ
North Atlantic Current ⓘ
North Equatorial Current ⓘ
South Equatorial Current ⓘ
hasEcosystemType deep-sea benthic ecosystem ⓘ
pelagic ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
abyssal plain ⓘ
deep-sea trench ⓘ
fracture zone ⓘ
oceanic plateau ⓘ
open-ocean waters ⓘ
seamount ⓘ
hasGeologicalProcess plate tectonics ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth greater than 6000 meters in some areas ⓘ
hasOceanFloorType basaltic crust ⓘ
oceanic crust ⓘ
hasResource fisheries resources ⓘ
potential seabed minerals ⓘ
hasWaterMass Antarctic Bottom Water ⓘ
Antarctic Intermediate Water ⓘ
Central Water ⓘ
North Atlantic Deep Water ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
subjectTo United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
international maritime law ⓘ
usedFor submarine cable routes ⓘ
transatlantic shipping routes ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Central Atlantic Ocean floor → locatedIn → Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
North Atlantic plate boundary system → partOf → Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
linked to: Central Atlantic Ocean
HMS Dunedin → sinkingLocation → Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Task Force 22 → operatedIn → Central Atlantic ⓘ
linked to: Central Atlantic Ocean