Unknown mysteries, unknown countries and exciting unknown facts on the seabed!

The sea has been an integral part of human history and culture throughout history. The sea is home to an abundance of fish. Trade, travel, mineral extraction, power generation, and war routes – the sea has become important. This vast body of water holds many unknown secrets.

About the ocean

1. Pacific Ocean: It is the largest ocean in the world. It separates America from Asia and Australia. It has the largest area and depth. Area 16,62,66,877 square kilometers. Maximum depth 10,924 meters. Average depth 4,079 meters. 

2. Atlantic Ocean: It is the second largest ocean. It separates America from Eurasia and Africa. Area 8,65,05,603 square kilometers. Maximum depth 9,219 meters. Average depth 3,926 meters. 

3. Indian Ocean: It surrounds South Asia. It separates Africa and Australia. Area 7,35,55,662 square kilometers. Maximum depth 7,455 meters. Average depth 3,963 meters. 

Titanic behind the mystery

The luxury cruise ship Titanic set sail from the UK for New York on April 14, 1912. At 11:40 p.m., it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began to sink. The huge ship took 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink. This is one of the most tragic events in history. More than 1,500 people lost their lives. No one imagined that the ship would sink on its first voyage. Divers have repeatedly seen the wreckage going deep into the sea. After 73 years, a group of scientists began a mechanical search in 1985. The wreckage of the Titanic was found 13,000 meters below the water where the Titanic sank. A French scientist named Robert Ballard had wanted to find the Titanic since he was a child. When he grew up, he set out on that mission. Although he found some information, he could not fully unravel its mystery. There is controversy about the Titanic and the Olympic ships. Which ship actually sank in the accident that day? In 1999, 64-year-old Oxford scholar Robin Gardner claimed in his book Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank that the Titanic never sank. His claim is largely consistent with the testimonies of alleged survivors of the Titanic. According to the survivors, the monogram on the sunken Titanic was different. It does not match the Titanic at all. However, there is no solid evidence to support these claims.

Controls the Earth's climate

 

Where there is a large amount of water and depth and it is connected to various rivers, in simple terms this is the ocean. Most of the world's territory is covered by the ocean. It is 71 percent of the surface of the earth; the remaining 29 percent is made up of land. The ocean is a large body of salt water. The ocean controls the Earth's climate. It plays an important role in the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles.

 

Deepest place

 

The Mariana Trench is the deepest place in the ocean. It is located next to the Mariana Islands. It looks like an English V-shape. Its depth is so deep that the highest peak of Mount Everest can fit here. Its length is 1,500 meters. It is believed that the maximum depth here can be 15,000 meters. Submarines operate at a depth of 700 feet. At a depth of 831 kilometers, the water pressure is very high. This pressure makes human lungs useless. At a depth of 2,722 meters, even the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, will seem quite small. At a depth of 3,280 meters, sunlight cannot reach. The Mariana Trench is therefore a treasure trove of many mysteries covered in darkness. It is said that there is no contact between life here and the earth. The bottom of 7,500 feet is called the Midnight Zone. Many animals live even at this depth.

 

Bermuda Triangle Mystery

 

 

  

The Bermuda Triangle is a special triangular area in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean. At one corner is the island of Bermuda; at the other two ends are Miami Beach and San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the end of World War II, on December 5, 1945, five TVM Avenger aircraft and a rescue aircraft mysteriously disappeared. Since then, the Bermuda Triangle mystery has continued. Even after that, several ships and aircraft have disappeared there. However, reliable sources say that there is no mystery here. Some accidents have occurred. They are just accidents. A lot of ships from Europe, America and the Caribbean pass through that area. Aircraft traffic is also very high. Accidents can occasionally occur in such an area. Although it is unthinkable, many people look for mystery in it. There are strong waves of the Gulf Stream in that area. There are also tornadoes. When put into perspective, the incidence of sudden accidents may seem a bit high. So it seems that that area is a hotbed of mysterious dangers. Experts say that there is no basis for those words. If that were the case, then the insurance rates for ships and planes passing through there would be higher than in other areas.

 

Treasure at the bottom

 

Esperanza's Treasure: In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there is a place of about 12 square kilometers called Palmyra. It is believed that a huge amount of pirate treasure is hidden here. In 1816, the Spanish ship Esperanza, loaded with a huge amount of gold, silver, and precious gems looted from Peru, was heading towards the Antilles. On the way, the ship's mast broke during a storm. In this situation, the ship became an easy target for pirates. The ship, damaged in the attack, eventually sank. However, before sinking, the pirates loaded all its treasures onto their ship. Later, that ship also got caught in a storm on its way to Macau. The ship was destroyed in the coral reef area of ​​Palmyra.

 

Captain Kidd's Treasure: In the 17th century, the fear of the Indian Ocean was said to be the fear of the Scottish pirate Captain William Kidd. At that time, Captain Kidd would come and attack the dreams of the sailors of various ships traveling through the Indian Ocean. They would wake up screaming in their nightmares. Kidd's ship was filled with robbery and loot. But on the way back from the Indian Ocean after completing the voyage, the British court sentenced him to death on charges of piracy. After that, on May 23, 1701, although his death sentence was carried out, the search for his various valuables remained unknown.

 

The SS City of Cairo Treasure: Thousands of bags of silver coins were found in a ship that sank during World War II. The current estimated market value of the treasure is 43 million pounds. During World War II, the British steamboat ‘The SS City of Cairo’ was traveling from Bombay to England in 1942. It was carrying thousands of bags of silver coins. ‘The SS City of Cairo’ was sunk by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi forces 480 miles south of the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. The beautiful British steamboat sank after being hit by a German submarine U-boat.

 

Graveyard under the sea  

 

 

Anyone will be shocked to see the scene of the seabed being pierced. There are rows of skeletons and ships underwater near the Chalk Islands. Many people have said after seeing the picture of the sunken ship that this is the largest underwater cemetery in the world. The deep darkness of the seabed, white sand; human skeletons, ship and aircraft debris are scattered on it. The debris is collected and kept in a specific place. Naval ships, Japanese trucks and old driving suits are also found on the deep seabed. Experts say that these are evidence of the destruction of history. Various debris from the Second World War have remained as witnesses to history at the bottom of the sea. Some of these debris are of ships and aircraft sunk during 'Operation Hailstone'. This operation during the Second World War killed 4,500 Japanese soldiers. According to the report of The Sun, hundreds of aircraft and dozens of ships were sunk in this operation. 250 Japanese aircraft were destroyed in the two-day Operation Hailstone. A large number of Japanese soldiers were killed.

 

Strange fish under the sea

 

 

Electric eel: It generates electricity. It grows up to 6.7 feet long. It weighs up to 20 kilograms. The fish is found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins of South America. It is named so because it can generate a large amount of electricity from its body. Although it is confused with eel or eel fish in English, the fish actually belongs to the knife fish species. It looks a lot like a catfish. Electric eel is a nocturnal animal. It prefers to live in muddy places at the bottom of rivers, streams, ponds and submerged aquatic areas. Although the fish is not of much economic importance, extensive research has been going on about it for many years.

 

Whale: Whales are considered predators in the wild. Their diet includes everything from microscopic plankton to large fish. Whales eat about three to four thousand kilograms of small shrimp-like krill a day. They are mammals. Because of this, whales need oxygen to breathe. So whales have to float on the water. Whales do this through their large nostrils. Many whales swim on the water and play water sports and tail-bending. Like all mammals, whales also have to sleep.

 

Flying Fish: Unbelievable but true, there is a strange type of fish in the sea that effortlessly floats in the air. These are flying fish. Their fins are quite large. They can be up to ten inches long. These fish fly with the help of their fins. When they jump out of the water and rise into the air, they spread their fins on both sides. Usually, flying fish appear green when swimming in the water. In fact, their fins are light purple. But surprisingly, when flying in the air, their fins sometimes appear dark blue and sometimes golden yellow. They prefer flying in the air more than moving in the water. Their speed in the air is also amazing. They can travel up to 56 kilometers per hour. 

 

Goblin Shark: It lies on the wooden floor. It screams like crazy. Its nose is long. It looks like a kind of hellish unicorn. Its flesh is pink. It looks as if it has no skin. For many years, scientists thought that their maximum height was about 13 feet. Still, no real idea has been found. 

 

Lampreys: They live on rocks underwater. They are ancient, hardy, and incredibly versatile. They thrive in any environment: saltwater or freshwater, lakes or rivers, shallow marshes or deep. They even climb waterfalls when they go inland to mate. Lampreys hunt. They take lives like vampires. 

 

Transparent-headed alien: A type of fish that looks like an alien lives in the sea. Most of its body is black or opaque. The top of its head is transparent. Inside this transparent part are green eyes. It can be found about two thousand feet under the sea off the coast of California. It is different from any other marine animal. It was discovered in the deep sea with the help of a remote operating vehicle from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). It lives so deep in the sea, where there is a shortage of food. However, its eyes are located in such a place that they can search through the water and find food. 

 

In search of shipwrecks 

 

It is not yet known exactly how many ships are lying at the bottom of the seas and oceans. There are several databases on shipwrecks in the world. The statistics there vary. One such online database is 'Wreck Site'. They claim to be the world's largest database in this regard. Wreck Site has information on 296,040 shipwrecks. Of these, the database mentions that the location of 179,110 is known. On the other hand, the Global Maritime Records Database has information on more than 250,000 shipwrecks. Some of these ships have not yet been found. According to one estimate, about 15,000 ships sank during World War II alone. Many warships and tankers that sank from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean during this war are forgotten today. The information recorded so far about the wreckage of ships or ships at sea cannot be called a complete picture at all. The information obtained is considered a small fraction of the actual number. UNESCO has a convention on the protection of underwater cultural heritage. The convention was adopted in 2001. A UNESCO analysis says that there are more than three million undiscovered shipwrecks or wrecks under the sea.