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Atlantic Ocean: Characters, History, Economy & Regions

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 85,133,000 square kilometers (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from…

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Atlantic Ocean topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History, Economy and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around Atlantic Ocean.

Related topics
382
Source areas
11
Connected nodes
393
Extracted relationships
184
Concept neighborhoods
93
Bridge connections
393

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Economy · 82 topics
Bathymetry · 55 topics
History · 49 topics
Water characteristics · 45 topics
Geology and plate tectonics · 34 topics
Overview · 33 topics
Environmental issues · 25 topics
Extent and data · 24 topics
Names · 21 topics
Climate · 7 topics
Future of the Atlantic · 7 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Average depth
3,646 m (11,962 ft)
Basin countries
List of bordering countries (not drainage basin), ports
Islands
List of islands
Max. depth
Puerto Rico Trench 8,376 m (27,480 ft)
Settlements
List
Shore length1
111,866 km (69,510 mi) including marginal seas

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Names

Extent and data

Bathymetry

Water characteristics

Climate

Geology and plate tectonics

Future of the Atlantic

History

Economy

Environmental issues

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Atlantic Ocean connects Entity context

The extracted context around Atlantic Ocean shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Asia, Australasia, Baltic Sea, Doggerland, During, Enkapune Ya Muto, Europe, European North Atlantic, Following, Kenya, Laacher See, Last Glacial Maximum, Late Stone Age, LGM, LSA, Magdalenian, Mediterranean, Middle Stone Age, MIS Another extracted example is Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Arctic Ocean, Asia, Barents Sea, Black Sea, CIA World Factbook, Correspondingly, Denmark Strait, Europe, Gibraltar, Greenland Sea, Iceland, IHO, It, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North, Norwegian Sea, South America, Strait. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Atlantic Ocean

Top relations

related to Old World · 31
Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Asia, Australasia, Baltic Sea, Doggerland, During, Enkapune Ya Muto, Europe, European North Atlantic, Following, Kenya, Laacher See, Last Glacial Maximum, Late Stone Age, LGM, LSA, Magdalenian, Mediterranean, Middle Stone Age, MIS
related to Extent and data · 24
Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Arctic Ocean, Asia, Barents Sea, Black Sea, CIA World Factbook, Correspondingly, Denmark Strait, Europe, Gibraltar, Greenland Sea, Iceland, IHO, It, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North, Norwegian Sea, South America, Strait
related to Central Atlantic · 19
Atlantic Ocean → Atlantic, Atlas Mountains, Brazil, CAMP, Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, Early Jurassic, Earth's, Jurassic, Late Triassic, Ma, North America, Northwest Africa, Pangaea, South America, The, Theoliitic, This, Triassic, West Africa
related to Geology and plate tectonics · 17
Atlantic Ocean → Africa, Atlantic, Bahamas, Coarse, Florida, For, Georges Bank, Gulf, In, Maine, North America, North American, Nova Scotia, Pleistocene, South Atlantic, The, The Atlantic Ocean
related to Water masses · 14
Atlantic Ocean → Arctic, Greenland-Scotland, Gulf Stream, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Norwegian-Greenland Sea, South Atlantic, South Atlantic Intermediate Water, The, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Ocean, There, These
related to Atlantic Closure · 13
Atlantic Ocean → African, An, Atlantic, Atlantic Basin, Atlantic Wilson, Caribbean, Eurasian, Gibraltar, Meanwhile, Mediterranean, Scotia Arc, The Gibraltar Arc, Together
see also · 13
Atlantic Ocean → Americas, Atlantic OceanAtlantic, Atlantic OceanList, Atlantic Peace, Atlantic RevolutionsList, Atlantic WorldTransatlantic, Cooperation ZoneNatural, Earth, Oceans, Pacific, Scotia ArcList, SeasShipwrecks, South Atlantic
related to Further reading · 11
Atlantic Ocean → Atlantic, Dickson, Encyclopædia Britannica, HarperCollins UK, Henry Newton, ISBN, Million Stories, Simon, Vast Ocean, Vol, Winchester
related to External links · 8
Atlantic Ocean → Atlantic Coast, Cartage, Chesapeake Bay, Congress, Florida, Library, Map, North America
Average depth · 1
Atlantic Ocean → 3,646 m (11,962 ft)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

atlantic ocean north south water sea two africa also europe coast america central western around gyre 000 area americas early

Atlantic Ocean relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 184 structured relationships around Atlantic Ocean. Examples in this analysis include Atlantic Ocean → Average depth → 3,646 m (11,962 ft) and Atlantic Ocean → Basin countries → List of bordering countries (not drainage basin), ports. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Atlantic OceanAverage depth3,646 m (11,962 ft)1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanBasin countriesList of bordering countries (not drainage basin), ports1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanIslandsList of islands1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanMax. depthPuerto Rico Trench 8,376 m (27,480 ft)1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanSettlementsList1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanShore length1111,866 km (69,510 mi) including marginal seas1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanSurface area85,133,000 km2 (32,870,000 sq mi) North Atlantic: 41,490,000 km2 (16,020,000 sq mi), South Atlantic: 40,270,000 km2 (15,550,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanTrenchesPuerto Rico; South Sandwich; Romanche1.00infobox
Atlantic OceanWater volume310,410,900 km3 (74,471,500 cu mi)1.00infobox
Atlantic Oceanis asecond largest of the world's five oceans0.90text
the Iliadinstance ofmentioned in ancient Greek mythological literature0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Atlantic Ocean bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include North, Ocean and South. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Atlantic Ocean
    • North
    • Ocean
    • South
    • Water
    • Coast
    • Central
    • Currents
    • Sea
    • America
    • Western
    • Gyre
    • Two
  • atlantic ocean
    • North
    • Ocean
    • South
    • Water
    • Coast
    • Central
    • Currents
    • Sea
    • America
    • Western
    • Gyre
    • Two
  • north america
    • South
    • Africa
    • North
    • Water
    • Coast
    • Sea
    • Northern
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Early
    • Climate
    • Gyre
  • south america
    • Africa
    • North
    • Coast
    • South
    • Northern
    • Europe
    • Water
    • Americas
    • Early
    • Gyre
    • Southern
    • Ocean
  • africa
    • America
    • Europe
    • South
    • Years
    • Around
    • North
    • Americas
    • Northern
    • Ma
    • Early
    • Central
    • Western
  • colonization of the americas by european powers
    • World
    • Years
    • America
    • Trade
    • Europe
    • Africa
    • Coast
    • South
    • Brazil
    • Known
    • European
    • Ocean
  • world ocean
    • Americas
    • Brazil
    • Known
    • Trade
    • South
    • Currents
    • Around
    • Sea
    • Water
    • Ocean
    • World
    • American
  • southern ocean
    • Gyre
    • Ma
    • South
    • Currents
    • Northern
    • Sea
    • Water
    • Two
    • World
    • American
    • Southern
    • Also

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Atlantic Ocean, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Atlantic Ocean with Economy. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Atlantic OceanEconomy · splits 311 ⟂ 83
Atlantic OceanBathymetry · splits 338 ⟂ 56
Atlantic OceanHistory · splits 344 ⟂ 50
Atlantic OceanWater characteristics · splits 348 ⟂ 46
Atlantic OceanGeology and plate tectonics · splits 359 ⟂ 35
Atlantic OceanOverview · splits 360 ⟂ 34
Atlantic OceanEnvironmental issues · splits 368 ⟂ 26
Atlantic OceanExtent and data · splits 369 ⟂ 25
Atlantic OceanNames · splits 372 ⟂ 22
Atlantic OceanClimate · splits 386 ⟂ 8
Atlantic OceanFuture of the Atlantic · splits 386 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Atlantic Ocean

Nodes394
Edges393
Triples184
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005076
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Atlantic Ocean to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History, Economy & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Atlantic Ocean · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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