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There is a no-sail zone quite near the coast of Grenada due to an active underwater volcano. The volcano is called Kick 'em Jenny and has sunk numerous boats over the years. On one instance it sunk a boat and killed 60 people.


Wikipedia link for the lazy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_%27em_Jenny#Maritime_excl... The part about the "sinking hazard" has a [citation needed] anyway. The Spanish version look more concerned about eruptions than bubbles, and says that when they detect unusual activity the radius is increased from 1 mile to 3 miles.




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