Big Diomede Island

E77320

Arctic island border island island

Big Diomede Island is a Russian-owned island in the Bering Strait, notable for lying just west of the International Date Line opposite Alaska’s Little Diomede Island.

Aliases (1)

Big Diomede ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic island → border island → island →
alsoKnownAs	Ostrov Ratmanova → Ratmanov Island →
archipelago	Diomede Islands →
area	about 29 square kilometers →
climate	polar climate →
country	Russia →
distanceTo	about 3.8 kilometers from Little Diomede Island →
evacuation	indigenous residents relocated during Cold War →
feature	rocky coastline → steep cliffs → tundra vegetation →
hasFacility	Russian border guard station → military installation →
highestElevation	about 477 meters →
historicalInhabitants	Yupik people →
length	about 5.4 kilometers →
locatedBetween	Chukchi Peninsula and Seward Peninsula →
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean → Bering Strait → Chukchi Sea → Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → Russian Far East →
locatedNear	International Date Line → US–Russia maritime boundary →
locatedNorthOf	Aleutian Islands →
locatedOpposite	Little Diomede Island →
locatedWestOf	International Date Line → Little Diomede Island →
namedAfter	Mikhail Ratmanov NERFINISHED →
notableFor	being one of the two Diomede Islands → lying just west of the International Date Line opposite Alaska’s Little Diomede Island →
otherSideCountry	United States →
otherSideIsland	Little Diomede Island →
partOf	Chukotsky District → Russia–United States border region →
population	uninhabited by civilians →
region	Siberia →
separatedBy	International Date Line → United States–Russia maritime boundary →
separatedFrom	Little Diomede Island →
sovereignState	Russian Federation →
strategicImportance	controls part of Bering Strait passage →
timeZone	Kamchatka Time →
usedFor	border surveillance →
UTCOffset	+12 →
width	up to about 4 kilometers →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bering Strait →	contains
Diomede Islands ("Big Diomede") →	hasPart
Little Diomede Island →	neighboringIsland