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Bering Strait (strait) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 66 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 66.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 169 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -169.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Links Arctic Ocean with Bering Sea, separating continents of Asia and North America at their closest point; in winter is covered by thick ice sheets; during Ice Age, sea level fell and the strait was a land bridge, "Beringia," allowing plants, animals and humans to migrate. |
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| Bering Strait (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Proliv Beringa (C,V)
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| Beringov Proliv (C,V)
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| Behring, Détroit de (C,O)
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| Détroit de Behring (C,V)
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| Behring (C,V)
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| Kamchatka (C,V)
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Beringia .......... (former landmass) |
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