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