Bering Strait

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The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sea passage
strait
associatedWith Pleistocene human migration
borderFeatureBetween Russia
United States
climateZone Arctic
closestDistanceBetweenContinents about 82 kilometers between Asia and North America
connects Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
contains Big Diomede Island
Diomede Islands
Little Diomede Island
countryOnEastBank United States
countryOnWestBank Russia
crossedBy International Date Line
maritime boundary between Russia and the United States
ecologicalImportance migration corridor for marine mammals
migration corridor for seabirds
exploredBy Vitus Bering
geologicalOrigin formed by rising sea levels flooding a land bridge
hasIslandGroup Diomede Islands
historicalFeatureNearby Bering Land Bridge
historicallySeparated Asia
North America
iceCoverage seasonal sea ice
languageOriginOfName named from Danish explorer Vitus Bering
locatedIn between Russia and Alaska
locatedOn boundary of the Arctic Ocean
northern Pacific Ocean
maximumDepth about 160 feet
about 50 meters
minimumWidth about 51 miles
about 82 kilometers
namedAfter Vitus Bering
navigationCondition often difficult due to ice and weather
nearbySea Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
oceanCurrentFeature exchange of water between Pacific and Arctic Oceans
partOf Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
regionOnWestBank Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
separates Asia
North America
stateOnEastBank Alaska
strategicImportance shipping route between Arctic and Pacific Oceans
usedAs boundary between Eastern and Western Hemispheres
geographical boundary between Asia and North America
waterTemperatureCharacteristic cold


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