The Bermuda Triangle has been a mysterious and unexplained phenomena for hundreds of years. Many explorers have died trying to solve their questions about the mysterious waters. Unlikely .
The "Bermuda or Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the .
southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of .
unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft. The waters of the Bermuda .
Triangle in some places reach depths as much as 30,000 feet. Another factor is the ocean .
bottom of that area. The topography of the ocean bottom varies from extensive shoals .
around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world. With the .
interaction of the currents over the many reefs, the topography is in a state of constant .
flux, causing a rapid development of navigational hazards is. The term," Bermuda .
Triangle came from folktales and legends, which are not even a century old. The first .
time "Bermuda Triangle was used in a magazine was in the "Argosy". The word, .
"Triangle" comes from a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by a line from Florida to .
the islands of Bermuda and Puerto Rico and back to Florida. It has been sited that .
unusual amounts of disappearances have been recorded over the past few decades. .
Mostly with large rigs and Sailboats are among the most common "lost ships". Another .
environmental factor is the character of the Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and .
turbulent and can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster. The unpredictable Caribbean-.
Atlantic weather pattern also plays its role. Sudden local thunder storms and water spouts .
often spell disaster for pilots and mariners. A sailor, most commonly known by the name .
of Christopher Columbus, documented the first recorded incident that occurred in the .
Bermuda Triangle in 1492. In 1975 a librarian at Arizona State University, decided to .
investigate the claims made by articles and magazines about the Bermuda Triangle.