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

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

So with many a backward glance at the gleaming North Star, the two girls set their course south by east, a course which in time should bring them in the vicinity of the Diomede Islands.

From The Blue Envelope by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

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

The Strait was less than forty miles from headland to headland, and between the two capes lay the Diomede Islands.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

A tunnel could no doubt be made, for the depth of the Straits nowhere exceeds twenty-seven fathoms, and the Diomede Islands could be conveniently utilised for purposes of ventilation.

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

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