What is the distance between Asia and Alaska?
I was just wondering. They actually look awfully close to each other. Also wondering if both of the two islands between Asia and Alaska belong to Alaska.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing It's about 40km apart.
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Russia is closer to Alaska. The Bearing streats are only 55 miles wide, and there are two islands in the middle, only 2.5 miles apart.....Big Diomede in Russian territory, and Little Diomede in Alaska. Asia is a huge continent with many countries, were in Alaska and Where in Asia would you like the distance measured from?
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The previous answerer is correct am just gonna add a little trivia about the cold war since the was an 'ice curtain" type of relationship between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in fact U.S.S.R. as the previous answer said were only 2.5 miles apart During the Cold War, that gap constituted the border between the USA and the USSR, and became known as the "Ice Curtain". In 1987, however, Lynne Cox swam from one island to the other, and was congratulated by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan The U.S. island of Little Diomede or in its native language, Ignaluk (it is also known as Krusenstern Island, though this may also refer to other places), and The Russian island of Big Diomede (part of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug), also known as Imaqliq, Inaliq, Nunarbuk or Ratmanov Island. The Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia, with the Chukchi Sea to the north and the Bering Sea to the south. 9.3 mi (15 km) to the southeast is Fairway Rock, which is generally not considered part of the Diomede Islands. The islands are sometimes called Tomorrow Island (Big Diomede) and Yesterday Isle (Little Diomede) because the time in Big Diomede is 20 hours (approximately a day) ahead of Little Diomede Big Diomede Island was traditionally the easternmost landmass before the International Date Line, and the first landmass to ring in a new year, if using local solar time. When using official time, a large area in eastern Russia, as well as New Zealand, shares the same time zone. New Zealand also has Daylight Saving time in effect during late December, but Russia does not (see time in New Zealand and time in Russia). Starting in 1995 however, the IDL was moved to the east of Kiribati and that country's easternmost time zone (GMT+14) is now the world's earliest. The native population of Big Diomede Island was relocated by the Soviet government to mainland Russia and the island is currently home to a small Russian military presence. Little Diomede has an Inupiat Inuit population of 170, mostly in the city of Diomede. This village has a school and a store. Some Inuit residents are famous for their ivory carving. Passenger travel and mail delivery is by helicopter, weather permitting
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