Multiple choice general knowledge

Often implicated in the disappearance of Bermuda Triangle ships is a body of water known as the Sargasso Sea. From what does it take its name?

  1. Local Sargo coral

  2. Explorer Alessandro de Sargasso

  3. Sarges Island

  4. Sargassum seaweed
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Explanation

The Sargasso Sea is named after Sargassum seaweed, a floating brown algae that creates dense mats on the water's surface. Portuguese sailors named it after the sarga grape, but the name evolved. The sea has no shoreline and is defined by ocean currents, not land boundaries. Alessandro de Sargasso and Sarges Island are fictional or incorrect.

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