The Bering Strait separates mainland Russia and the US at their closest point - a distance of around 55 miles. However, by ...
The United States Coast Guard encountered four vessels from the Russian and Chinese ... Island is situated west of mainland Alaska and south of the Bering Strait, a waterway that connects the ...
The project would include a tunnel under the Bering Strait and connect to the contiguous US via Wales, Alaska. Proposals to build a crossing predate the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war.
The two nations are separated by just 2.4 miles of ocean in the Bering Strait between the islands of Big Diomede (part of Russia) and Little Diomede (part of Alaska).