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Little Diomede

British  

noun

  1. the smaller of the two Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait: administered by the US Area: about 10 sq km (4 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Big Diomede is in Russia, and Little Diomede is in the US state of Alaska.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

They were informed of a pregnant woman with severe abdominal pains in Diomede, a village of 80 people on the western side of Little Diomede Island.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Using tailor-made flippers, Philippe Croizon finished his quest by crossing between the US island of Little Diomede and Great Diomede in Russia, joining Asia and the Americas.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2012

As the new president of Alaska Airlines, Inc. he was boss of 6,600 miles of subarctic air routes that stretched all the way from Juneau to Little Diomede Island, within gliding distance of Siberia.

From Time Magazine Archive

It brought to his mind the Revenue Service and a second lieutenant whom he had met off the Little Diomede Island in Bering Strait.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

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