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  2. Bering Strait crossing - Wikipedia

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    A project to connect Nome, 160 kilometers (100 mi) from the strait, to the rest of Alaska by a paved highway (part of Alaska Route 2) has been proposed by the Alaskan state government, although the very high cost ($2.3 to $2.7 billion, about $3 million per kilometer, or $5 million per mile) has so far prevented construction.

  3. Bering Strait - Wikipedia

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    Satellite image of Bering Strait. Cape Dezhnev, Russia, is on the left, the two Diomede Islands are in the middle, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, is on the right. The Bering Strait is about 82 kilometers (51 mi) wide at its narrowest point, between Cape Dezhnev, Chukchi Peninsula, Russia, the easternmost point (169° 39' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United ...

  4. Wales, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Wales (Inupiaq: Kiŋigin, IPA:) is a city [4] [5] in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 145, [ 4 ] down from 152 in 2000. It is the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although Adak , located on Adak Island , is the westernmost city in Alaska.

  5. King Island (Alaska) - Wikipedia

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    King Island, Alaska. The large boulders on the top of the island are barely visible through the fog. King island is a small island located about 40 miles (64 km) offshore, south of the village of Wales, Alaska and about 90 miles northwest of Nome. The island is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide with steep slopes on all sides.

  6. Seward Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about 200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle. The entire peninsula is about 210 ...

  7. Cape Prince of Wales - Wikipedia

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    Satellite image of the Bering Strait. Cape Dezhnev, Russia is on the left while Cape Prince of Wales, USA is on the right. Between them are the Diomede Islands, separated by the International Date Line. Cape Prince of Wales (Russian: Мыс Принца Уэльского; Inupiaq: Siuġaq, Sivuġaq) is the westernmost mainland point of the ...

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  9. Diomede Islands - Wikipedia

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    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.