The Diomede Islands (/ˌdaɪ.əˈmiːdiː/; Russian: острова́ Диоми́да, romanized: ostrova Diomida), also known in Russia as Gvozdev Islands (Russian: острова́ Гво́здева, romanized: ostrova Gvozdeva), consist of two rocky, mesa-like islands:
The Russian island of Big Diomede (part of Chukotka), also known as Imaqłiq, Inaliq, Nunarbuk or Ratmanov Island
The U.S. island of Little Diomede (part of Alaska) or Iŋaliq, also known as Krusenstern Island[a]
The Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. If marginal seas are considered, then they are the northernmost islands within the entire Pacific Ocean. To the north is the Chukchi Sea and to the south is the Bering Sea. Fairway Rock, 9.3 km (5.8 mi) to the southeast, is also Alaskan, but generally not seen as part of the Diomede Islands. Because they are separated by the International Date Line, Big Diomede is almost a day ahead of Little Diomede, but not completely; due to locally defined time zones, Big Diomede is only 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede (20 in summer).[2] Because of this, the islands are sometimes called Tomorrow Island (Big Diomede) and Yesterday Island (Little Diomede).
^"The Diomede Islands – Tomorrow & Yesterday Isle". arcticportal.org. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^"Two of the world's largest countries, Russia and the United States, at their closest points are separated by 2.4 miles, but are 21 hours apart! Find out how ... | ePaper | DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
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The DiomedeIslands (/ˌdaɪ.əˈmiːdiː/; Russian: острова́ Диоми́да, romanized: ostrova Diomida), also known in Russia as Gvozdev Islands (Russian: острова́...
romanized: ostrov Kruzenshterna) is an island of Alaska, United States. It is the smaller of the two DiomedeIslands located in the middle of the Bering...
Имэлин; Inupiaq: Imaqłiq) is the western island of the two DiomedeIslands in the middle of the Bering Strait. The island is a part of the Chukotsky District...
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cape of Siberia to Shishmaref, Alaska, on dogsled via Little and Big Diomedeislands. He was the first documented modern voyager to cross from Russia to...
The Islands of Diomedes (Διομήδειοι) were named after Diomedes, King of Argos. Diomedia (Διομήδεια), one of these islands, was according to the Greek...
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provide a connection linking the Americas and Afro-Eurasia. With the two DiomedeIslands between the peninsulas, the Bering Strait could be spanned by a bridge...
small DiomedeIslands; the western one is Big Diomede, Russia and the eastern one is Little DiomedeIsland, Alaska. The much larger St. Lawrence Island, Alaska...
Strait, 51 miles (82 km) opposite Cape Dezhnev, and adjacent to the DiomedeIslands and Fairway Rock.[citation needed] James Cook (1821). The three voyages...
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vertical rock faces in the Bering Strait, located southeast of the DiomedeIslands and west of Alaska's Cape Prince of Wales. Part of Alaska, a U.S. state...
Rim and end up back on the DiomedeIslands, but due to rough weather, he was unable to actually set foot back on the Islands again at the end of his journey...
places in the Pacific Ocean: Little DiomedeIsland (Inupiaq: Iŋaliq), Alaska, United States Ailuk Atoll, Marshall Islands Tikehau, Tuamotu Archipelago in...
Paralithodes platypus, lives near St. Matthew Island, the Pribilof Islands, and the DiomedeIslands, Alaska, and there are populations along the coasts...
Athos, Greece. The DiomedeIslands off the coast of Alaska derive their name from this saint. Vitus Bering sighted the DiomedeIslands on 16 August (O.S...
bridge are the DiomedeIslands, the Pribilof Islands of St. Paul and St. George, St. Lawrence Island, St. Matthew Island, and King Island. It is believed...
Wales in Alaska; the Bering Strait is delimited by the two capes. The DiomedeIslands and Fairway Rock are located in the midst of the strait. In 1898, the...
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Sea Bennett Island, De Long Islands Big Diomede (Ratmanov Island) Bolotny Ostrov, Moskva River, Moscow city Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya Bolshoy Lyakhovsky...
archaeologist Diamond Jenness in 1928 following the discovery on the DiomedeIslands of distinctively decorated objects such as whaling and sealing harpoon...
separates the DiomedeIslands in the Bering Strait, with Big Diomede in Russia and Little Diomede in the U.S. The Aleutian Islands are an island chain extending...
similar, although those at the farthest distances from the centre in the DiomedeIslands and East Greenland are quite divergent. The proper place of one language...
Square. Lynne Cox swims between the DiomedeIslands from the American Little DiomedeIsland to the Soviet Big DiomedeIsland. Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system...
Sakhalin. The DiomedeIslands, administered by Russia and the United States, are just 3.8 km (2.4 mi) apart; and Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands is merely...
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