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

Dmitriev said a memorandum of understanding would be signed to look at a tentative project to build a tunnel under the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia’s largely deserted Far East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Significant groupings appear beneath the Himalayas in southern Asia and near the Bering Strait between Asia and North America, south of the Arctic Circle.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

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

Researchers believe the very earliest horse ancestors arose in North America, then sauntered across the Bering Strait into Asia around a million years ago.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

I could cross to Asia in a canoe via the Bering Strait.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George