Bering Strait Trivia Questions

Bering Strait lies between Russia (Asia) and Alaska (North America), making it the only body of water directly separating the two continents.

Bering Strait connects the Arctic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, not the Atlantic. The Atlantic is separated by the entire North American continent.

Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA) are located in the center of Bering Strait, about 3.8 km apart, and mark the international date line.

Bering Strait is divided between Russia and the United States; the international boundary runs between the Diomede Islands, with both nations having territorial claims.

The narrowest section of Bering Strait, between Cape Dezhnev and Cape Prince of Wales, measures approximately 82 km (51 miles) across.

Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in Russian service, led the 1728 expedition that proved Asia and North America are separate, and the strait was named in his honor.

Bering Strait is shallow, with an average depth of 30–50 meters and a maximum depth of about 90 meters, nowhere near 1,000 meters.

Vitus Bering crossed the Bering Strait in 1728, decades before Cook's 1778 voyage. Cook did explore the area but was not the first European.