The two closest points in the Bering Strait are between which two countries?
Russia and the United States
What is the name of the two small islands in the Bering strait that are a few miles apart but in different continents?
Diomede Islands
Which American state borders the Bering Strait?
Alaska
Found on the Bering strait, what is the westernmost point of North America?
Cape Prince of Wales
What was the first name of the explorer who 'discovered' the Bering Strait?
Vitus
The Bering Strait lies on which Russian peninsula?
Chukchi Peninsula
What nationality was the explorer who the Bering Strait is named after?
Danish
Found in the Bering Strait, what is the easternmost point of Asia?
Cape Dezhnev
What was the name of the land bridge in the Bering Strait that is thought to have brought the first people to North America?
Beringia
The Bering strait lies on which American peninsula?
Seward Peninsula
What was the name of the strait that was first thought to have divided Asia and North America that later became The Bering Strait?
Strait of Anian
What name was given to the closure of the border between the two small islands in the Bering Strait during the cold war?
Ice Curtain
In 1648, which Russian explorer is thought to have been the first European to sail through the Bering Strait?
Semyon Dezhnyov
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