{"id":59863,"date":"2025-08-18T12:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59863"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:38:34","slug":"bering-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bering-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"Bering Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bering Strait Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recent study, mariners in the Bering Strait are following 2018 shipping guidelines, which suggest a quiet form of U.S.-Russia cooperation despite strained political relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bering Strait<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>northernmost part <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the<\/span><b> Pacific Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>separating <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the continents of <\/span><b>Asia and North America, particularly Russia and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>United States.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This important waterway is just <\/span><b>south of the Arctic Circle.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>connects <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Bering Sea to the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>At the strait\u2019s narrowest point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Asia <\/span><b>(Russia) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and North America <\/span><b>(the US) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are just <\/span><b>85 km apart.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>narrowest point <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>between Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Cape Dezhnev in Russia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> international boundary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the two countries<\/span><b> passes through the Bering Sea and Strait.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>relatively shallow,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an average depth of 50 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Strait has numerous islands, including the <\/span><b>Diomede Islands and St. Lawrence Islands.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>St. Lawrence Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>US&#8217;s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sixth-largest Island.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the strait.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Big Diomede <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Island <\/span><b>belongs to Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while the <\/span><b>Little Diomede <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Island is on the <\/span><b>US side. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">International Date Line runs between the two islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leaving the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">American and Russian sides on different calendar days.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/shipping-news\/ship-movements-in-bering-strait-highlight-u-s-russia-cooperation-amidst-strained-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bering Strait is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating the continents of Asia and North America, particularly Russia and the United States. 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