Where is the Sargasso Sea?

Sargasso sea - is in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Bermudas and several hundred miles east of the American mainland. It is famous for its seaweed and as a spawning ground for eels. When these eels are eight or more years old and spawning time is due they leave the pond or stream where they have been living make their way over land if necessary to the sea. When they reach the area known as the Sargasso the females lay their millions of eggs at a depth of 1,500 feet and the males fertilize them. The baby eels hatch out after a few days and float to the surface. Vast masses of seaweed lie on the surface of the Sargasso. Carried along their winds and ocean currents from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea this floating seaweed is concentrated into an area many thousands of square miles and extent. There it gives refuge to myriads of sea creatures such as fish, sea worms, molluscs, crabs and jellyfish. Sea birds find its useful as a resting place. This floating "island" may have given rise to the famous legend in ancient times of the lost land of Atlantis. Christopher Columbus recorded taking two weeks to sail through it in 1492. But what happens to the baby eels? Drifting at first, they eventually make their way to the ponds and streams of their parents. The American eels go to America and the European eels to Europe. The old eels do not return but die after spawning. The Sargasso Sea is the subject of many legends. Ships are said to have vanished in it but their is no truth in the legend that associates it with the lost land of Atlantis.