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.

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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.

Big Diomede Island archipelago Diomede Islands
Bering Sea contains Diomede Islands
Bering Strait contains Diomede Islands
Bering Strait hasIslandGroup Diomede Islands
Little Diomede Island partOf Diomede Islands