United States–Russia maritime boundary

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The United States–Russia maritime boundary is the international sea border in the Bering Strait and surrounding waters that divides the territorial and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
international maritime boundary
sea border
adjacentTo Alaska
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Siberia
affects fisheries jurisdiction in the Bering Sea
offshore resource exploitation rights
agreedBetween Soviet Union
United States of America
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs United States–Russia maritime boundary
surface form: U.S.–Russia maritime boundary

United States–Russia maritime boundary
surface form: U.S.–Soviet maritime boundary
basedOn 1977 U.S.–U.S.S.R. maritime boundary negotiations
borderType maritime boundary
countryBorder Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Bering Strait between Alaska and Chukotka
dateAgreed 1990
dateRatified 1991
definedBy United States–Russia maritime boundary self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1990 United States–Soviet Union Maritime Boundary Agreement
divides exclusive economic zones of the United States and Russia
territorial waters of the United States and Russia
follows equidistance principle in parts
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
surface form: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea principles
hasLegalStatus fully implemented by the United States
provisionally applied by Russia
lengthApprox about 1860 kilometers
locatedIn Arctic region
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Chukchi Sea
near Big Diomede Island
Diomede Islands
Little Diomede Island
St. Lawrence Island
notRatifiedBy Russia
partOf Russia–United States border region
surface form: United States–Russia border
ratifiedBy United States Senate
relevantFor navigation in the Bering Strait
separates Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
subjectOf United States–Russia maritime boundary self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States–Russia maritime delimitation dispute

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Big Diomede Island separatedBy United States–Russia maritime boundary
Big Diomede Island locatedNear United States–Russia maritime boundary
this entity surface form: US–Russia maritime boundary
Little Diomede Island separatedBy United States–Russia maritime boundary
Diomede Islands separatedBy United States–Russia maritime boundary
this entity surface form: Russia–United States maritime boundary
United States–Russia maritime boundary definedBy United States–Russia maritime boundary self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1990 United States–Soviet Union Maritime Boundary Agreement
United States–Russia maritime boundary subjectOf United States–Russia maritime boundary self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States–Russia maritime delimitation dispute
United States–Russia maritime boundary alsoKnownAs United States–Russia maritime boundary
this entity surface form: U.S.–Russia maritime boundary
United States–Russia maritime boundary alsoKnownAs United States–Russia maritime boundary
this entity surface form: U.S.–Soviet maritime boundary
Russia–United States border region governedBy United States–Russia maritime boundary
this entity surface form: Russia–United States maritime boundary agreements
US borderCountry United States–Russia maritime boundary
subject surface form: United States
this entity surface form: Russia (maritime boundary)