Bermuda Triangle

BERMUDA TRIANGLE

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. For decades, the Atlantic Ocean’s famous Bermuda Triangle has captured the human imagination with unexplained disappearances of ships, planes, and people. More than 1000 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangle area over the past five centuries and continue to do so.  And all these happen when it appears that there are no human errors, equipment failures or even natural disasters. Strangely, the ships and aircraft just disappear when everything seems to be okay. Many believe that Devil is at play here and therefore call the area also as Devil's Triangle. The facts however are quite far from what is generally known or believed to be true. There are many stories and myths created through pure imagination of writers who have used them like to draw publicity to their books. In many cases, the facts got unclear. 

So where Bermuda Triangle is located and how large is the area? Is there a map?

Bermuda Triangle is located off the South-Eastern coast of the United States and in the Atlantic Ocean. The three corners of the triangle are: Miami (Florida); San Juan (Puerto Rico); and Bermuda (the north-Atlantic island). Each side of the triangle is some 1000 miles long. But the area of the Bermuda triangle has different from one writer to the other. By the various definitions, it can be anywhere between half million to 1.5 million square miles. 

The accidents have mostly taken place near the southern boundary of the triangle between Florida and Puerto Rico.

So the next question is why the name "Bermuda Triangle"?

At the time of coining the term, the first name that came up was "Miami Triangle". But Florida objected saying that they would lose visitors to Miami with such name as people would fear to come there....