How to find where the Bermuda Triangle is located on Google Maps
YOU might have been wondering how you can pinpoint the location of the creepy Bermuda Triangle on Google Maps.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to track down the mysterious area.
What is the Bermuda triangle?
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is an urban legend surrounding a section of ocean where more than 50 ships and 20 aircrafts are said to have disappeared.
Reports of unexplained disappearances did not really capture the public’s attention until the 20th century when the USS Cyclops, a 542-foot-long Navy cargo ship with over 300 men on-board, sank somewhere between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay.
In other circumstances, ships were discovered completely abandoned for no clear reason while others transmitted no distress signals and were never seen or heard from again.
Airplanes have been reported and then vanished, and rescue missions are said to have vanished when flying in the area.
However, wreckage has never been found, sparking worldwide conspiracy theories that the Bermuda Triangle is a supernatural area.
At least 1,000 lives have been lost in the last 100 years to the Bermuda Triangle.
Where is the Bermuda triangle?
The Bermuda Triangle lies in a western section of the North Atlantic Ocean.
It covers an area of 440,000 miles of sea.
It’s one of the most heavily travelled shipping lanes in the world, with vessels crossing through to get to ports in America, Europe and the Caribbean.
An Argosy article from 1964 titled The Deadly Bermuda Triangle, stated that the area’s boundaries were Miami, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda – but these have never been universally agreed upon.
How do you find the Bermuda triangle on Google Maps?
To find the Bermuda Triangle on Google Maps you’ll need to open up your Google account and head to My Maps.
- Head to Create A New Map and you’ll be met with a map of the globe.
- Next, you’ll want to type Bermuda Triangle into the search bar which will pinpoint the rough area.
- Then, click the Draw A Line icon which you can find under the search bar, it’s the fifth icon from the selection.
- Click on the white circle that highlights Miami and drag it straight down to Puerto Rico.
- Next, draw another line from Puerto Rico, all the way up to the Bermuda name tag.
- Then make the final line by connecting it all the way back down to Miami again.
- Lastly, you can click Untitled Map and rename the project for easier future access.
After these steps, you should have a distinct triangle on your map which shows you the area that researchers believe is the Bermuda Triangle.
Other creators have even made a spooky Bermuda Triangle map on Google Maps that displays exactly where all of the mysterious incidents that are believed to be linked to the area have taken place.