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it is an area in the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and airplanes have gone missing without a trace

2006-07-28 01:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by Medusa 4 · 0 0

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 the southernmost tip of 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 either violated, altered, or both.

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. 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

2006-07-31 03:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by stylish 3 · 0 0

Bermuda Triangle
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The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an area of the north Atlantic Ocean where it is popularly believed a significant number of ships and airplanes have disappeared under highly unusual circumstances. It has become popular through its representation by mass media as an area of paranormal activity, where the known laws of physics are violated. It has even been suggested that extraterrestrial intelligences are responsible for some of the disappearances.

As its name suggests, the area is approximately triangular, with corners roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami, Florida. Its size is nearly half a million square miles (1.2 million km²). Despite popular belief, the United States Coast Guard and other agencies[citation needed] cite statistics indicating 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 marks a corridor of the north Atlantic stretching northward from the West Indies along the North American seaboard as far as the Carolinas. To take advantage of prevailing winds, ships returning to Europe during the Age of Sail would sail north to the Carolinas before turning east to cross the north Atlantic. This pattern continued after the development of steam and internal combustion engines, meaning that much of the north Atlantic shipping traffic crossed (and still crosses) through the Triangle's area.

The Gulf Stream, an area of volatile weather, also passes through the Triangle as it leaves the West Indies. The combination of distinctly heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather made it inevitable that vessels would flounder 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. [2]

In the 1960s, American journalist Vincent Gaddis renamed the 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.

2006-07-28 01:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by qwq 5 · 0 0

the Bermuda Triangle is a place in the ocean where a lot of ships shipwrecked and it is said that the triangle takes the ships in another dimension from where it is impossible to escape

2006-07-28 01:21:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

it's this area near the caribean whre ships and airplane disappear for no reason.

2006-07-28 01:21:55 · answer #5 · answered by lomatar1186 7 · 0 0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

2006-07-28 01:19:25 · answer #6 · answered by xenomorphic 4 · 0 0

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