What is Bering Strait?
[[File:Bering_Strait.jpeg|thumb|[[Satellite]] image of the Bering Strait.]] The '''Bering Strait''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Берингов пролив) is a sea [[strait]] between [[Cape Dezhnev]], [[Russia]], the easternmost point (169°43' W) of the [[Asia]]n continent and [[Cape Prince of Wales]] on the edge of the [[Seward Peninsula]], [[Alaska]], the westernmost point (168°05' W) of the [[North America]]n continent, with [[latitude]] of about 65° 40' north, slightly south of the [[Arctic Circle]]. The strait was made around 40,000 years ago, when an old landmass between Asia and America known as [[Beringia]] was flooded at the end of the last [[ice age]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Beck | first = Roger B. |author2=Linda Black |author3=Larry S. Krieger |author4=Phillip C. Naylor |author5=Dahia Ibo Shabaka | title = World History: Patterns of Interaction | publisher = McDougal Littell | year = 1999 | location = Evanston, IL | url =https://archive.org/details/mcdougallittellw00beck| url-access = registration | isbn = 978-0-395-87274-1 }}</ref> The strait is passed through by the [[international date line]], making from the view of the Russian side from the Alaskan side like looking at tomorrow. ==Geography== [[File:Diomede_Islands_Bering_Sea_Jul_2006.jpg|thumb|[[Little Diomede Island]] (USA, left) and [[Big Diomede Island]] (Russia, right). The International date line runs right between the islands.]] The Bering Strait is 82 [[kilometer|km]] at its narrowest point, and 90 [[meter|meters]] deep at its deepest point (with an [[average]] depth of 50 meters), making the strait rather shallow.<ref>[http://www.gr8st8.com/main_pages/bering_tunnel.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20031001182427/http://www.gr8st8.com/main_pages/bering_tunnel.htm |date=2003-10-01 }}</ref> There are three small islands located in the strait. There are the two [[Diomede Islands]] in the middle of the strait, and a small rock (or [[islet]]) known as [[Fairway Rock]] southeast of the Diomede Islands. ==Proposed crossing== There have b