11 Facts About Sargasso Sea

Sargasso Sea is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre.

Sargasso Sea is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream, on the north by the North Atlantic Current, on the east by the Canary Current, and on the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current, the four together forming a clockwise-circulating system of ocean currents termed the North Atlantic Gyre.

Sargasso Sea had been competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race when his poorly-prepared boat began to take on water.

Sargasso Sea abandoned his circumnavigation attempt, but reported false positions by radio in an attempt to give the impression that he was still participating.

Sargasso Sea is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream, on the north by the North Atlantic Current, on the east by the Canary Current, and on the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current, the four together forming a clockwise-circulating system of ocean currents termed the North Atlantic Gyre.

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Sargasso Sea is home to seaweed of the genus Sargassum, which floats en masse on the surface.

Sargasso Sea plays a role in the migration of catadromous eel species such as the European eel, the American eel, and the American conger eel.

Some human activity in the Sargasso Sea has negatively impacted it, such as over-fishing and shipping.

Sargasso Sea is often portrayed in literature and the media as an area of mystery.

Ezra Pound's opens with the line: "Your mind and you are our Sargasso Sea", suggesting that the woman addressed in the poem is a repository of trivia and disconnected facts.

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is a rewriting of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre from Bertha Mason's point of view.