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== The Triangle area ==

== The Triangle area ==

The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the author; some stating its shape is akin to a [[trapezium]] covering the [[Florida Straits]], the [[Bahamas]], and the entire [[Caribbean]] island area east to the [[Azores]]; others add in the [[Gulf of Mexico]].  The more familiar, triangular boundary has as its points [[Miami, Florida]]; [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]; and the mid-Atlantic island of [[Bermuda]], with most of the incidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the [[Bahamas]] and the Florida Straits.

The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the author; some stating its shape is akin to a [[trapezium]] covering the [[Florida Straits]], the [[Bahamas]], and the entire [[Caribbean]] island area east to the [[Azores]]; others add in the [[Gulf of Mexico]].  The more familiar, triangular boundary has as its points [[Miami]], [[Florida]]; [[San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]; and the mid-Atlantic island of [[Bermuda]], with most of the incidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the [[Bahamas]] and the Florida Straits.

The [[Gulf Stream]] ocean current flows through the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico; its current of five to six knots may have played a part in a number of disappearances. Sudden storms can and do appear, and in the summer to late fall the occasional [[hurricane]] strikes the area. The combination of heavy maritime and pleasure traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels could founder in storms and be lost without a trace — especially before improved telecommunications, radar and satellite technology arrived late in the 20th century.

The [[Gulf Stream]] ocean current flows through the Triangle after leaving the Gulf of Mexico; its current of five to six knots may have played a part in a number of disappearances. Sudden storms can and do appear, and in the summer to late fall the occasional [[hurricane]] strikes the area. The combination of heavy maritime and pleasure traffic and tempestuous weather makes it inevitable that vessels could founder in storms and be lost without a trace — especially before improved telecommunications, radar and satellite technology arrived late in the 20th century.