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Satellite image of Bering Strait. Cape Dezhnev, Russia, is on the left, the two Diomede Islands are in the middle, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, is on the right. The Bering Strait is about 82 kilometers (51 mi) wide at its narrowest point, between Cape Dezhnev, Chukchi Peninsula, Russia, the easternmost point (169° 39' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United ...
On Sept. 30, NORAD posted a dramatic video of a Russian fighter jet flying close to a NORAD aircraft off the coast of Alaska. At the time, a U.S. geneal said "the conduct of one Russian Su-35 was ...
The U.S. island of Little Diomede (part of Alaska) or Iŋaliq, also known as Krusenstern Island [a] The Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. If marginal seas are considered, then they are the northernmost islands within the entire Pacific Ocean.
The island is home to a Russian military base which is located midway along the island's North shore. The island is a part of the Chukotsky District of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. The border separating Russia and the United States runs north–south through the four-kilometer-wide strait that runs between the two Islands.
Map of the Pribilof Islands. The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; Aleut: Amiq, [1] Russian: Острова Прибылова, romanized: Ostrova Pribylova) are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about 200 miles (320 km) north of Unalaska and 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Cape Newenham.
Modern borders of Russia with the years that the corresponding portions of the border have continuously belonged to Russia since Typical border marker of Russia. Russia, the largest country in the world by area, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states [1] as well as two narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan.
The U.S. military is slamming Russia for an “unsafe” encounter in the skies off the coast of Alaska after footage released Monday shows a Kremlin fighter jet cutting off an Air Force F-16. The ...
Location of the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands archipelago, Alaska. The Andreanof Islands (Aleut: Niiĝuĝim tanangis, [1] Russian: Андреяновские острова) are a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, United States. They are located at about 52° North and 172°57' to 179°09' West.