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Sargasso Sea

region in the gyre in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean
SeaBodyOfWater sea Q169274
Sargasso Sea
Otto Krümmel (1854-1912), Christian Peip (1843), Bruno Hassenstein, Carl Schmidt (actif 1886-1902), Justus Perthes (Firm : Gotha, Germany), · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Sargasso Sea is a sea[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of sea entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,111 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in or next to body of water: North Atlantic Ocean[3]
  • Named after: Sargassum[4]
  • Part of: North Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Commons category: Sargasso Sea[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sargasso Sea[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[10]
  • Length: 3200 km[11]
  • Width: 1100 km[12]
  • Vertical depth: 1500 m[13], 7000 m[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Sargasso Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . geographyrealm.com. geographyrealm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . mpa.highseasalliance.org. mpa.highseasalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . mpa.highseasalliance.org. mpa.highseasalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Harper's tag → sargasso-sea
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sargasso-sea, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962051|sargasso sea (#289962051)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
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