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Defense Mapping Agency topographical map of the Bering Strait, 1973. From at least 1562, European geographers thought that there was a Strait of Anián between Asia and North America. In 1648, Semyon Dezhnyov probably passed through the strait, but his report did not reach Europe. Danish-born Russian navigator Vitus Bering entered it in 1728.
Beringia sea levels (blues) and land elevations (browns) measured in metres from 21,000 years ago to present. Beringia is defined today as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72° north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. [1]
The Bering Strait and Bering Sea separate the landmasses of Asia and North America, as well as forming the international boundary between Russia and the United States. This national and continental boundary separates the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, with Big Diomede in Russia and Little Diomede in the U.S.
A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel that would span the relatively narrow and ... Map showing the proximity of Chukchi Peninsula in Russia to ...
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. To the north is the Chukchi Sea and to the south is the Bering Sea.
Map of Beringia showing the Seward Peninsula. The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales . The peninsula projects about 200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound , the Bering Strait , the Chukchi Sea , and Kotzebue Sound , just below ...
Headlands and islands of the Bering Strait as seen from a point 25 miles (40 km) south of the Diomede Islands. Cape Dezhnev on the far left. Cape Dezhnyov or Cape Dezhnev ( Russian : мыс Дежнёва ; Eskimo–Aleut : Tugnehalha ; Inupiaq : Nuuġaq ), [ 1 ] formerly known as East Cape or Cape Vostochny , is a cape that forms the ...
The Russian side has been negotiating with the United States in order to conclude a comprehensive agreement on fishing in the northern part of the Bering Sea, which would compensate Russian fishermen for losses from fishing in areas ceded to the United States. In 1999, the state of Alaska intervened in the dispute.