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The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape
Dezhnev, the eastmost point of the Asian continent
and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of
the the Americas|American continent, approximately
85 km (58 mi) in width, with a depth of
30–50 m (100–165 ft). The strait
connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic
Ocean) in the north with the Bering Sea (part of
the Pacific Ocean) in the south. It is named for
Vitus Bering, a Denmark|Danish-born Russian
people|Russian explorer who crossed the strait in
1728.

The Diomede Islands lie directly in the middle of
the Bering Strait.

Suggestions have been made for the construction of
a bridge spanning the Bering Strait between Alaska
and Siberia, dubbed by some the Intercontinental
Peace Bridge, and, alternatively, for a connecting
tunnel underneath the strait.

During the ice ages, the area of the strait was a
land bridge known as the Bering land bridge.