Bering Sea's Geography Explained In 2 Minutes.
The Bering Sea, A Marginal Sea Of The Pacific Ocean, Separating The Continents Of Asia And North America. Situated Between The Us State Of Alaska, The Aleutian Islands, The Kamchatka Peninsula, And Eastern Siberia, The Bering Sea Covers A Total Surface Area Of Roughly 2 Million Square Kilometers.
The Aleutian Island Group In The South , Forms The Boundary Between The Bering Sea And The Pacific Ocean. The Aleutian Islands Are A Chain Of Volcanic Islands That Belongs To Usa And Russia . Most Of The Islands In Aleutian Islands Group Belongs To The Us, However The Commandor Islands, Located In The Extreme West Of The Aleutian Arc, Are A Part Of The Russia. (Attu Belongs To Us, Westernmost Part Of Alaska).
In The North, The Bering Sea Connects With The Arctic Ocean Through The Bering Strait. The Bering Strait Separates The Chukchi Peninsula Of Russia And The Seward Peninsula Of Alaska, Usa. The Distance The Two Continents At The Narrowest Point In Bering Strait Is About (82 Kilometres). However The Distance Between Usa And Russia Is Even Closer Than You Imagine Because Of Two Small Islands Located In The Middle Of The Bering Strait. The Island Named Big Diomede Belongs To Russia, While Little Diomede Belongs To The Usa. The Distance Between Big Diomede And Little Diomede Is Roughly 3.8 Kilometers (2.4 Miles).
The International Date Line And International Border Between Usa And Russia Passes Through These Islands. Despite Their Proximity, There Is A Time Difference Of About 21 Hours Between The Two Islands,. The Big Diomede Island Of Russia Is Roughly 21 Hours Ahead Of Little Diomede.
The Average Depth Of The Bering Strait Is About 50 Meters (160 Feet), With The Deepest Point Reaching Around 90 Meters (300 Feet). It Is Hypothesized That During The Last Ice Age, The Strait Was Part Of The Bering Land Bridge, A Land Connection Between Asia And North America That Allowed The Migration Of Humans And Animals.
In Addition To The Aleutian And Komandor Groups, There Are Several Other Large Islands In The Sea. These Include Nunivak, St. Lawrence, And St Mathew Islands, Karaginsky Island And Pribil Of Islands.
The Bering Land Bridge Is Believed To Have Existed During The Last Ice Age Due To The Sea Level Falling Several Hundred Feet. This Land Bridge, Or Isthmus, Was Roughly 1,000 Miles (1,600 Km) North To South At Its Greatest Extent, Which Joined Northeastern Asia To Northwestern North America At Various Times During The Pleistocene Ice Ages
The Bering Sea And The Bering Strait Is Named For Vitus Bering, A Danish Navigator In Russian Service, Who In 1728 Was The First European To Systematically Explore It. Bering Was Commissioned By Tsar Peter The Great Of Russia To Explore The Northeastern Coast Of Siberia And The Surrounding Waters.
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