Diomede Islands

American  

[dahy-uh-meed] / ˈdaɪ əˌmid /

plural noun

1. two islands in Bering Strait, one belonging to the Russian Federation Big Diomede, about 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km), and one belonging to the U.S. Little Diomede, about 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km): separated by the International Date Line.

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Diomede Islands British  

/ ˈdaɪəˌmiːd /

plural noun

1. two small islands in the Bering Strait, separated by the international date line and by the boundary line between the US and Russia

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Diomede Islands

The distance from shore to shore at the nearest point is about forty miles, the two Diomede Islands and Fairway Rock being situated about half-way across.

From From Paris to New York by Land by Harry De Windt

It's an island due north o' the Diomede Islands in the Behring Sea.

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Somewhere, not far from them, lay the Diomede Islands, those two great granite crags rising sheer out of the sea with deep water on every side.

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

He had located accurately the position of the Diomede Islands, half way station in the Strait.

From Triple Spies by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

He called the Siberian shore an isthmus, and described the Diomede Islands, which he plainly saw.

From From Paris to New York by Land by Harry De Windt