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The Bering Strait is a sea Strait between Cape Dezhnev , Russia , the easternmost point (169°43' W) of the Asia n continent and Cape Prince Of Wales , Alaska , the westernmost point (168°05' W) of the America n continent, with Latitude of about 65° 40' North, slightly south of the Polar Circle . The strait is approximately 85 km (58 mi) wide, with a depth of 30–50 m (100–165 ft) and connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean ) in the north with the Bering Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean ) in the south. It is named after Vitus Bering , a Danish -born Russian explorer who crossed the strait in 1728 . The Diomede Islands lie directly in the middle of the Bering Strait. Little Diomede town has a small school in the Bering Strait School District . Suggestions have been made for the construction of a Bridge spanning the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia , dubbed by some as the Intercontinental Peace Bridge , and alternatively, for a connecting Tunnel underneath the strait. During the Ice Age s, the area of the strait was a Land Bridge known as the Bering Land Bridge . In March, 2006, Briton Karl Bushby and French adventurer Dimitri Kieffer crossed the strait on foot, walking across a frozen 56 mile section in 15 days. (BBC) |
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