watervoid
Watervoid is a term used primarily in speculative contexts to describe a defined region within a body of water that appears void or anomalous because of unusual optical, acoustic, or chemical properties. The name is a compound of water and void and is not part of standard oceanography. In fiction and thought experiments, a watervoid may serve as a locale where light is absorbed or scattered to extreme degrees, sound is damped, and biota are scarce, creating an impression of an empty or silent space enclosed by liquid.
Common fictional features include sharp environmental contrasts at the boundary of the watervoid, potential gravitational or
Scientific status: There is no widely accepted definition or measurement of a watervoid in real-world oceanography.
Related concepts include the dark ocean, abyssal zone, brine pools, and broader ideas of voids in physics