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What body of water separates Russia and Alaska at their closest point?
Bering Strait
Bering Strait, Russian Proliv Beringa, strait linking the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea and separating the continents of Asia and North America at their closest point. The strait averages 98 to 164 feet (30 to 50 metres) in depth and at its narrowest is about 53 miles (85 km) wide.
Which sea separates US and Russia?
Bering Sea
To the north the Bering Sea connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, at the narrowest point of which the two continents are about 53 miles (85 kilometres) apart. The boundary between the United States and Russia passes through the sea and the strait. The Bering Sea and the Bering Strait.
What ocean is Alaska surrounded by?
Pacific Ocean
The coast of Alaska, one of the longest in the world, is bordered by many large bodies of water: the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. By comparison, Massachusetts is only bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
Is there a bridge between Russia and Alaska?
A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The names used for them include “The Intercontinental Peace Bridge” and “Eurasia–America Transport Link”.
What is between Alaska and Russia?
The Bering Strait (Russian: Берингов пролив) is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska.
Has anyone ever swam from Alaska to Russia?
On August 7, 1987, Lynne Cox braves the freezing waters of the Bering Strait to make the first recorded swim from the United States to the Soviet Union.
What are the major bodies of water in Alaska?
Most of Alaska is surrounded by water. To the north is the Arctic Ocean, (the Beaufort Sea and the Chukchi Sea). To the south is the Gulf of Alaska and Pacific Ocean. To the west is the Bering Sea.
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