Bering Strait

American  

noun

1. a strait between Alaska and the Russian Federation in Asia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. 36 miles (58 km) wide.

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Bering Strait British  

noun

1. a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean

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Example Sentences

Russian presidential assistant Yuri Ushakov pointed out that the two countries are neighbours, with only the Bering Strait separating them.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

Mike Brown and his crew aboard the Hampton transited through the Bering Strait.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

In the prevailing picture, the first arrivals came from Asia via the land that once bridged the Bering Strait, then traveled down the Pacific Coast about 16,000 years ago.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

A new analysis of lice genetic diversity suggests that lice came to the Americas twice -- once during the first wave of human migration across the Bering Strait, and again during European colonization.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

Eurasia comprises the whole of the northern part of the European and Asiatic land-mass, from Portugal to the Bering Strait.

From "1984" by George Orwell