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Diomede Islands

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Diomede Islands

Two islands in the Bering Strait, off the tip of the Seward peninsula, Alaska, that lie about midway between the continents of America and Asia. Little Diomede (area: 6.2 sq km/2.4 sq mi) belongs to the USA and is only 3.9 km/2.4 mi from Big Diomede (area: 29.3 sq km/11.3 sq mi) or Ratmanov, which is owned by Russia. They were first sighted by the Danish navigator Vitus Bering in 1728 and named for St Diomede. A small population of Inuit from the Ingalikmiut group inhabit the islands and maintain a subsistence lifestyle based on seal, walrus, and fish. Diomede City on Little Diomede had 146 people at the 2000 census.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is tantalizing, that small stretch of water between Uelen, Siberia, and Wales, Alaska, with the two Diomede Islands between them, all seemingly just waiting to be connected.
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The arches, with a common footing on the Diomede Islands in the center of the strait, apparently fail only when ice flux switches northward.
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In 1728, Vitus Bering became the first Westerner to make contact with area Natives when he discovered the Diomede Islands off Alaska's west coast.
Western Region: Bethel, Nome & Wade Hampton census areas by Hill, Robin Mackey / Alaska Business Monthly
 
 
 
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