Sargasso Sea facts

The Sargasso Sea is an international meeting place for eels. Drawn by unknown forces, the snakelike fish come from Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States to mate, spawn and die. From there, their larvae make the long journey back to continental waters. Also, the Sargasso Sea does not have a coastline - it is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, between the West Indies and the Azores. Jules Verne wrote about it in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea".