The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle is traditionally defined with vertices at Miami, Florida; Bermuda; and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's San Juan is the accepted third corner. Cuba and The Bahamas are within the general area but are not considered defining vertices. Venezuela is too far south to be part of the triangle.

Charles Berlitz wrote 'The Bermuda Triangle' (1974), which popularized the mystery worldwide. Berlitz was a linguist and author known for books on paranormal phenomena. The book became a bestseller and remains the most famous work on the subject. Coldman, Goldberg, and Peterson are not associated with this publication.

The US Board on Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name, and the area has no official geographic boundary on nautical or official maps. It remains a mythical area known for folklore rather than cartography. Therefore, official agencies avoid recognizing the designation.

The Sargasso Sea is named after Sargassum seaweed, a floating brown algae that creates dense mats on the water's surface. Portuguese sailors named it after the sarga grape, but the name evolved. The sea has no shoreline and is defined by ocean currents, not land boundaries. Alessandro de Sargasso and Sarges Island are fictional or incorrect.

The term 'Bermuda Triangle' was first coined by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964 magazine article for Argosy magazine. Earlier references existed but the specific name emerged in the 1960s when the mystery gained mainstream attention.

True. Other areas with similar mysterious disappearance reputations include the Devil's Sea near Japan, the Michigan Triangle in the Great Lakes, and the Formosa Triangle near Taiwan. These areas share patterns of unexplained vanishings and strange phenomena.

Voodoo witchcraft has not been seriously proposed as an explanation for Bermuda Triangle mysteries. The other options - alien spacecraft, Atlantis effects, and blue holes - are all actual theories that have appeared in popular literature and pseudo-scientific accounts.

The Bermuda Triangle is also known as the Devil's Triangle. This ominous alternate name reflects the dangerous and mysterious reputation of the region, similar to how the 'Devil's Sea' refers to a similar area near Japan.

The Associated Press published the first widely-circulated article about mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle area in 1950, specifically discussing the loss of Flight 19. This helped establish the triangle's reputation in public consciousness.

The Gulf Stream is a powerful ocean current that flows through the Bermuda Triangle. This warm, fast-moving current can quickly change weather conditions and cause rough seas, which may contribute to maritime accidents in the region.