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  2. Big Diomede Island - Wikipedia

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    Big Diomede Island is located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Cape Dezhnev on the Chukchi Peninsula and is Russia's easternmost point by direction of travel. It is west of the International Date Line , although in the western hemisphere by longitude.

  3. Diomede Islands - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of extreme points of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Easternmost point 1 — Big Diomede Island, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug [1; Contiguous mainland only. Northernmost point — Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai (77°43'N) Southernmost point — near Ragdan, Republic of Dagestan (41°12'N)

  5. TikToker explains why it takes ‘15 days’ to travel ... - AOL

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    TikTok users are freaking out after discovering the Diomede Islands, . two neighboring landmasses with an unreal travel time between them. The islands, located in the Bering Strait between Alaska ...

  6. Little Diomede Island - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. TikToker explains why it takes ‘15 days’ to travel ... - AOL

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    So if you wanted to go from Little Diomede to Big Diomede, you might find yourself on the 15-day journey described in @samfromwendover’s video. Other TikTok users shared his bewilderment.

  8. List of countries by easternmost point - Wikipedia

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    Big Diomede Island, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Cape Dezhnev (mainland) 169°01′W 169°40′W 2 New Zealand: Forty-Fours East Cape (North Island) 175°45′W 178°54′E 3 Fiji: Vatoa island: 178°15′W 4 Tuvalu: Nukulaelae island: 179°51′E 5 Marshall Islands: Knox Atoll: 172°09′E 6 France: Hunter Island, New Caledonia Sainte-Rose, Réunion

  9. Chukotsky District - Wikipedia

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    The district also includes Big Diomede Island, sometimes called Tomorrow Island since it is twenty-one hours ahead of its partner Little Diomede, despite being only 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) away across the sea. Lakes Koolen and Ioni are located in the district. [14]