Bering Strait

Summary

Bering Strait is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,281 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bering Strait is located in Alaska^[3].
• Bering Strait is in the country of United States^[4].
• Bering Strait is in the country of Russia^[5].
• Bering Strait's image is recorded as Bering Strait.jpeg^[6].
• Bering Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[7].
• Vitus Bering is named after Bering Strait^[8].
• Bering Strait's basin country is recorded as Russia^[9].
• Bering Strait's basin country is recorded as United States^[10].
• Bering Strait's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 244515953^[11].
• Bering Strait's GND ID is recorded as 4005712-4^[12].
• Bering Strait's locator map image is recorded as Bering Strait in its region.svg^[13].
• Bering Strait's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013329^[14].
• Bering Strait's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11997481b^[15].
• Bering Strait's IdRef ID is recorded as 028065034^[16].
• Bering Strait's part of is recorded as Pacific Ocean^[17].
• Bering Strait's part of is recorded as Arctic Ocean^[18].
• Bering Strait's Commons category is recorded as Bering Strait^[19].
• Bering Strait's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11315299^[20].
• Bering Strait's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1398890^[21].
• Bering Strait's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 65.75, 'lon': -168.97694444444446}^[22].
• Bering Strait's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dz54^[23].
• Bering Strait's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bering Strait^[24].
• Bering Strait's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX6438047^[25].
• Bering Strait's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10046362^[26].
• Bering Strait's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0223115^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include United States^[4], a sovereign state^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1776^[30] and Russia^[5], a sovereign state^[31], in Russia^[32], founded in 1991^[33]. Bering Strait is located in Alaska^[3]. Part of include Pacific Ocean^[17], an ocean^[34] and Arctic Ocean^[18], an ocean^[35].

Designation and Status

Bering Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[7].

History and Context

Vitus Bering is named after Bering Strait^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bering Strait include Beringia^[36], a land bridge^[37].

Why It Matters

Bering Strait ranks in the top 2% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,281 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for it include Beringia^[36], a land bridge^[37].