Sargasso Sea

American  

noun

1. a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies.

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Sargasso Sea British  

noun

1. a calm area of the N Atlantic, between the Caribbean and the Azores, where there is an abundance of floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum

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Example Sentences

When the fish traveled from the Slope Sea into the clearer waters of the Sargasso Sea, researchers observed noticeable changes in their migration patterns.

From Science Daily

The algae originate in the Sargasso Sea east of Florida.

From Science Daily

Spread out to avoid detection, the four Soviet subs reached the Sargasso Sea, off the southeast coast of the United States, on October 19.

From Literature

"And we've still yet to see breeding at the Sargasso Sea."

From BBC

Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the Sargasso Sea and linked to climate change – were carpeting the region’s prized coastlines, repelling holidaymakers with the pungent stench emitted as it rots.

From BBC