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Definition: Bering Sea from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide

Section of the Pacific Ocean north of the Aleutian Islands, between Siberia and Alaska; area 2.28 million sq km/880,000 sq mi. It connects with the Chukchi Sea, to the north, via the Bering Strait, extending for 87 km/54 mi from east–west, between the Chukchi Peninsula of Siberia and the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. It is named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who explored the Bering Strait in 1728.


Bering Sea

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait connects it with the Arctic Ocean. The sea's largest embayments are the Gulf of Anadyr, Norton Sound, and Bristol Bay. The Anadyr River enters the sea from the west and the Yukon River from the east. The warm Japan Current has little influence on the Bering Sea, which has much ice; it can usually be traversed by ship only from June to October. The sea has many islands, notably Nunivak, St. Lawrence, Hall, St. Matthew, and the Pribilof Islands (all owned by the United States) and the Komandorski Islands (Russia). The sea was explored by the Russian Semyon Dezhnev in the 17th cent., but not until after the voyages of Vitus Bering (1728, 1741) was the fur-seal wealth of the Bering Sea made widely known. The whole region was under the control of the Russian American Company, but it proved impossible to…
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From The Encyclopedia of Tourism and Recreation in Marine Environments
The Bering Sea covers more than 2000 km 2 in the northernmost portion of the North Pacific Ocean , and lies north of the Aleutian Islands between Alaska and Russia. The Bering Strait, its northern boundary, was a land bridge during the last ice age and may have been a migratory route of humans into…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Part of North Pacific Ocean; 885,000 sq. mi. (2,292,150 sq. km.); max. depth 15,659 ft. (4773 m.); enclosed on E by mainland of Alaska, on SE and S by Aleutian Is., on SW by Kamchatka Penin., and on NW by E Siberia; connects by Bering Strait with Arctic Ocean; contains St. Lawrence I., Nunivak I., …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait connects it with the Arctic Ocean. The sea's largest embayments are the Gulf of Anadyr, Norton Sound, and Bristol…
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Full text Article Bering Sea Dispute

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Dispute between the U.S. and Britain (and Canada) over the international status of the Bering Sea . In an attempt to control seal hunting off the Alaskan coast, the U.S. in 1881 claimed authority over the Bering Sea and the right to seize sealing vessels. When several Canadian ships were seized in…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Marginal sea, North Pacific Ocean . Enclosed by Alaska, the Aleutian Islands , the Kamchatka Peninsula, and eastern Siberia , it covers some 890,000 sq mi (2,304,000 sq km). It has numerous islands, including Karagin and Nunivak, as well as the St. Lawrence, Aleutian, and Komandor archipelagos. It…
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