The Bermuda Triangle (also known as Devil's Triangle) is a nearly half-million square-mile (1.2 million km2) area of ocean roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Bermuda Triangle has become popular through representation by the mass media, in which it is a paranormal site in which the known laws of physics are violated and altered.
While there is a common belief that a number of ships and airplanes have disappeared under highly unusual circumstances in this region, the United States Coast Guard and others disagree with that assessment, citing statistics demonstrating that the number of incidents involving lost ships and aircraft is no larger than that of any other heavily traveled region of the world [1]. Many of the alleged mysteries have proven not so mysterious or unusual upon close examination, with inaccuracies and misinformation about the cases often circulating and recirculating over the decades.
The triangle is an arbitrary shape, crudely marking out a corridor of the Atlantic Ocean, stretching northward from the West Indies, along the North American seaboard, as far as the Carolinas. In the Age of Sail, ships returning to Europe from parts south would sail north to the Carolinas, then turn east for Europe, taking advantage of the prevailing wind direction across the North Atlantic. Even with the development of steam and internal-combustion engines, a great deal more shipping traffic was (and still is) found nearer the US coastline than towards the empty centre of the Atlantic. The Triangle also loosely conforms with the course of the Gulf Stream as it leaves the West Indies, and has always been an area of volatile weather. The combination of distinctly heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather meant that a certain, also distinctly large, number of vessels would founder in storms. Given the historical limitations of communications technology, most of those ships that sank without survivors would disappear without a trace. The advent of wireless communications, radar, and satellite navigation meant that the unexplained disappearances largely ceased at some point in the 20th Century. The occasional vessel still sinks, but rarely without a trace.
American journalist Vincent Gaddis in the 1960s renamed this region from "The Devil's Triangle" to "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle," but the shortened version "Bermuda Triangle" is far more common.
Other areas often purported to possess unusual characteristics are the Devil's Sea, located near Japan, and the Marysburgh Vortex or the Great Lakes Triangle, located in eastern Lake Ontario.
2006-06-26 01:59:54
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answered by annmariet14 3
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The Bermuda triangle has been know almost from the Discovery of America by Columbus. There have been thousands of theories what is happening there, but none of those has been proved. The only thing that is for sure is that there have been are and will be happening strange things in Bermuda triangle .
2006-06-26 09:11:03
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answered by Nemesis 1
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yes but the concept is hard to ex plan some think that it is a gate way to another dimension but some think it is all bogus and a hoax
2006-06-27 00:50:09
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answered by Brice M 1
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I am going on a cruise there in October, so if you dont see any posts after that - its true.
2006-06-26 09:00:13
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answered by DesignR 5
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it's in bermuda
2006-06-26 08:58:57
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answered by speakerofthegames 1
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Just the myths...about how ships disappear there.
2006-06-26 09:10:50
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answered by ? 3
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That it doesn't exist.
2006-06-26 08:59:27
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answered by gokusgirl_2000 3
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It has 3 sides.. like a tri-angle??? dunno...
2006-06-26 09:00:23
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answered by pierrre23 2
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