Bermuda Triangle

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geographic region maritime folklore topic sea area urban legend subject

The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined region of the western North Atlantic Ocean infamous for numerous mysterious ship and aircraft disappearances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Devil's Triangle 1
The Deadly Bermuda Triangle 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
maritime folklore topic ⓘ
sea area ⓘ
urban legend subject ⓘ
airTraffic frequent commercial and private flights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bermuda Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Devil's Triangle
areaEstimate about 500,000 to 1,500,000 square miles ⓘ
associatedWith Flight 19 disappearance ⓘ
Star Ariel disappearance ⓘ
Star Tiger disappearance ⓘ
USS Cyclops disappearance ⓘ
climate subtropical to tropical marine climate ⓘ
consideredBy U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing ⓘ
countryBorder Bahamas ⓘ
Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda

United States of America ⓘ
culturalRole iconic mystery in modern folklore ⓘ
definition loosely defined region with no official boundaries ⓘ
explanationsProposed equipment failure ⓘ
human error ⓘ
magnetic anomalies in popular accounts ⓘ
methane hydrate eruptions ⓘ
navigational errors ⓘ
severe weather ⓘ
hasReputationFor aircraft disappearances ⓘ
mysterious disappearances ⓘ
paranormal phenomena in popular culture ⓘ
ship disappearances ⓘ
hasVertex Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda

Miami ⓘ
San Juan ⓘ
locatedIn western North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
nearbyCurrent Gulf Stream ⓘ
Gulf Stream ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Current
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
popularizationPublication Argosy magazine ⓘ
popularizationWork Bermuda Triangle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
popularizationYear 1964 ⓘ
popularizedBy Vincent Gaddis ⓘ
scientificConsensus no evidence of unusual disappearances compared to other heavily traveled regions ⓘ
shape rough triangle ⓘ
subjectOf fictional films ⓘ
numerous books ⓘ
numerous documentaries ⓘ
television programs ⓘ
trafficLevel one of the world's most heavily traveled shipping lanes ⓘ
weatherRisks hurricanes ⓘ
sudden squalls ⓘ
tropical storms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bermuda Triangle → alsoKnownAs → Bermuda Triangle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devil's Triangle
Argosy magazine → associatedWithTopic → Bermuda Triangle ⓘ
subject surface form: Argosy
Atlantic Ocean → containsFeature → Bermuda Triangle ⓘ
Vincent Gaddis → fieldOfWork → Bermuda Triangle ⓘ
Vincent Gaddis → hasWrittenAbout → Bermuda Triangle ⓘ
Bermuda Triangle → popularizationWork → Bermuda Triangle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Deadly Bermuda Triangle