Diomede Islands

USA / Alaska / Diomede /
 water, archipelago, invisible
The Diomide islands in the middle of the Bering Strait separate Russian and U. S. territory by only 2.4 miles. If the ice is solid, it is theoretically possible to walk or sled the distance, though this is obviously frowned upon by border agents.

West Island: Big Diomide (Russian Ratmanova; Eskimo name Imaklik) is Russia's most easterly territory.

East Island: Little Diomede (Russian Kruzenshterna; Eskimo name Ingalik) are United States territory.

www.pbs.org/harriman/current/profiles/diomede.html

Excellent QuickTime 360 panorama from the village, showing the strait and Russian island in the distance:
www.bssd.org/download/dio_standing_place.mov
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Islands
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   65°46'50"N   169°0'38"W

Comments

  • Reverted/rewrote english version, and removed badly translated and out-of-scope material copied/pasted from Wikipedia.
  • An american woman has swum the gap between these tow island, tow continents,two peoples.