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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.


Bering Strait British  

noun

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

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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

Since 1998, she has seen her son just three times, including before he became the first Briton to cross the frozen Bering Strait between North America and Russia in 2006.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

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

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Szesciorka and her coauthors had previously monitored bowhead whale movements through the Bering Strait using data from hydrophones.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

The shallow Bering Strait became a wide land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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