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Bering Strait On World Map

Bering Strait WorldAtlas. The Bering Strait is the Pacific’s northernmost part and separates Asia and North America, particularly Russia and the United States. It connects the Bering Sea to the Chukchi Seaof the Arctic Ocean. At the strait’s narrowest point, Asia (Russia) and North America (the US) are just 85 km apart. The narrowest point is bet… See more

Bering Strait WorldAtlas
Bering Strait WorldAtlas from www.worldatlas.com

A physical link between Asia and North America via the Bering Strait nearly became a reality in 1864 when a Russian-American telegraph company began preparations for an overland telegraph line connecting Europe and America via the east. It was abandoned when the undersea Atlantic Cable proved successful. A further proposal for a bridge-and-tunnel link from eastern Russia to Alaska was made by Fren…

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