The Strait is named after Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in the service of the Russian Empire. The present Russia- United States maritime boundary is at 168° 58' 37" W longitude, slightly south of the Arctic Circle at about 65° 40' N latitude. ![]() ![]() 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.
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