Bering Strait

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Satellite photo of the Bering Strait

The Bering Strait is a sea strait between the eastmost point of the Asian continent and the westmost point of the Americann continent, about 85 km in width, with a depth of 30-50 m. The strait connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean) in the north with the Bering Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean) in the south. It is named for Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian explorer who crossed the strait in 1728.

The Diomede Islands lie direct in the middle of the Bering Strait.

Suggestions have been made for the construction of a bridge spanning the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia, dubbed by some the Intercontinental Peace Bridge, and, alternatively, for a connecting tunnel underneath the strait.

Also see land bridge, Bering Land Bridge.