Bering Strait

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sea passage strait

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bering Strait canonical	43
Bering Strait region	1
Bering Strait to the east	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sea passage ⓘ strait ⓘ
associatedWith	Pleistocene human migration ⓘ
borderFeatureBetween	Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
climateZone	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → connectedVia → Bering Strait ⓘ

Arctic Ocean → connectedBy → Bering Strait ⓘ

Russia Far East → borderWithUnitedStatesVia → Bering Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Russian Far East

Inupiaq → region → Bering Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bering Strait region

Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik → route → Bering Strait ⓘ

Northwest Passage → hasEndPoint → Bering Strait ⓘ

Bering Sea → borders → Bering Strait ⓘ

Bering Sea → connectedVia → Bering Strait ⓘ

Northeast Passage → terminusAt → Bering Strait ⓘ

Americas → separatedFromContinentByWaterBody → Bering Strait ⓘ

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → separationFeature → Bering Strait ⓘ

Chukchi Sea → connectedBy → Bering Strait ⓘ

A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits → regionCovered → Bering Strait ⓘ

Third voyage of James Cook → explored → Bering Strait ⓘ

HMS Discovery → exploredRegion → Bering Strait ⓘ

Naukan Yupik → borderRegion → Bering Strait ⓘ

Chukchi Plateau → liesNorthOf → Bering Strait ⓘ

Vega expedition → destinationRegion → Bering Strait ⓘ

Amundsen Gjøa expedition → navigatedWaterway → Bering Strait ⓘ

Vitus Bering → exploredRegion → Bering Strait ⓘ

Vitus Bering → associatedWith → Bering Strait ⓘ

Big Diomede Island → locatedIn → Bering Strait ⓘ

Little Diomede Island → locatedIn → Bering Strait ⓘ

Northern Pacific Ocean → connectedVia → Bering Strait ⓘ

Diomede Islands → locatedIn → Bering Strait ⓘ

Chukchi Peninsula → adjacentStrait → Bering Strait ⓘ

Provideniya → locatedNear → Bering Strait ⓘ

Northern Sea Route region → boundedBy → Bering Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bering Strait to the east

Continental Divide → extendsFrom → Bering Strait ⓘ

Kotzebue Sound → locatedNorthOf → Bering Strait ⓘ

Seward Peninsula → adjacentTo → Bering Strait ⓘ

Naukan → locatedNear → Bering Strait ⓘ

Naukan → overlooks → Bering Strait ⓘ

Naukan → locatedOnCoastOf → Bering Strait ⓘ

Nuvuqaghmiit → hasEthnographicRegion → Bering Strait ⓘ

St. Lawrence Island Yupik → traditionalRegion → Bering Strait ⓘ

McClure expedition → route → Bering Strait ⓘ

Bering → namesakeOf → Bering Strait ⓘ

Anna Christina Pülse → hasNameInCommonWith → Bering Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Vitus Bering

United States–Russia maritime boundary → locatedIn → Bering Strait ⓘ

Russia–United States border region → includes → Bering Strait ⓘ

Russia–United States border region → hasKeyStrait → Bering Strait ⓘ

Native Village of Diomede (tribal government) → bodyOfWater → Bering Strait ⓘ

Chukotsky District → bordersWith → Bering Strait ⓘ

Ignaluk → locatedIn → Bering Strait ⓘ