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Diomede (Inupiaq: Iŋaliq, Russian: Диомид, romanized: Diomid) is an incorporated town and is the only habitable area on Little Diomede Island. The island is located in the Nome Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska . [ 4 ]
The small habitation on Little Diomede Island is centered on the west side of the island at the village of Diomede. Big Diomede Island is the easternmost point of Russia. The Diomede Islands are often mentioned as likely intermediate stops for the hypothetical bridge or tunnel (Bering Strait crossing) spanning the Bering Strait. [5]
Diomedes (/ ˌ d aɪ ə ˈ m iː d iː z / [1]) or Diomede (/ ˈ d aɪ ə m iː d /; [1] Ancient Greek: Διομήδης, romanized: Diomēdēs, lit. 'god-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus') is a hero in Greek mythology , known for his participation in the Trojan War .
The Diomede Islands are named after Saint Diomedes.The Inupiaq name Iŋaliq means "the other one" or "the one over there". [4] The two islands are respectively nicknamed "Yesterday Island" (Little Diomede Island) and "Tomorrow Island" (Big Diomede Island) because the International Date Line runs between them, making the date on Little Diomede Island always one day later than the date on Big ...
Big Diomede Island or Tomorrow Island (Russian: Остров Ратманова, romanized: ostrov Ratmanova; Ratmanov Island, Chukot: Имэлин; Inupiaq: Imaqłiq) is the western island of the two Diomede Islands in the middle of the Bering Strait. The island is home to a Russian military base which is located midway along the island's ...
Diomede (/ ˌ d aɪ. ə ˈ m iː d iː /; Ancient Greek: Διομήδη Diomēdē) is the name of four women in Greek mythology: Diomede, daughter of Xuthus . She married Deioneus , king of Phocis , and was the mother of Cephalus , Actor , Aenetus , Phylacus and Asterodia .
HMS Diomede was a Danae-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Constructed at Vickers Armstrong , Barrow , she was constructed too late to take part in World War I and was completed at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth .
The Diomede Islands off the coast of Alaska derive their name from this saint. Vitus Bering sighted the Diomede Islands on 16 August (O.S., 27 August N.S.) 1728, the day when the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of Saint Diomedes during the Nut Feast of the Saviour.