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Sarasota Bay

Bay on Coconut Bayou, Atlantic Ocean, New Pass, Big Sarasota Pass, Longboat Pass on Anna Maria Island, Leffis Key, Lido Key, Bird Key, Saint Armands Key in Bradenton Beach, FL

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Sarasota Bay is a lagoon located off the west coast of Florida in the United States. Though no significant single stream of freshwater enters the bay, with a drainage basin limited to 150 square miles in Manatee and Sarasota Counties, it is generally treated as an estuary, with three "passes" or inlets, giving access from the Gulf of Mexico. Its source of freshwater has been increased from natural historical levels by urban runoff. The bay and its surrounding area appeared on the earliest maps of the area, being named Zarazote on one dating from the early 18th century. Hunting in the area had supported native populations for more than ten thousand years as Florida attracted some of the earliest human settlements in the hemisphere. Following the retreat of the glaciers, ocean levels rose…

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