Diomede Islands
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The Diomede Islands are a pair of small islands in the Bering Strait, split between Russia and the United States and notable for lying on opposite sides of the International Date Line.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Diomede | 0 |
| Big Diomede | 0 |
| Diomede, Alaska | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
island ⓘ island ⓘ island group ⓘ village ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ignaluk
ⓘ
Ratmanov Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| country |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
United States of America ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 16 August 1728 ⓘ |
| distanceBetweenIslands |
about 2.4 miles
ⓘ
about 3.8 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Big Diomede Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Diomede
Little Diomede NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Diomede, Alaska ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Arctic Ocean ⓘ Bering Strait ⓘ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ Nome Census Area ⓘ between Alaska and Siberia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chukchi Peninsula
ⓘ
Seward Peninsula ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Little Diomede NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Inupiaq ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Diomedes ⓘ |
| ocean |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Bering Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bering Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Bering Sea region
|
| population |
permanent Inupiat community
ⓘ
uninhabited by civilians ⓘ |
| region |
Chukchi Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Chukchi Sea area
|
| separatedBy |
International Date Line
ⓘ
United States–Russia maritime boundary ⓘ
surface form:
Russia–United States maritime boundary
|
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Alaska Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Alaska Standard Time
UTC+12 ⓘ UTC−9 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDifferenceBetweenIslands | approximately 21 hours ⓘ |
| usedAs |
Russian border guard station
ⓘ
symbol of International Date Line ⓘ symbol of separation between Russia and the United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.