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The Bering Sea is named after Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian navigator, who, in 1728, was the first European to systematically explore it, sailing from the Pacific Ocean northward to the Arctic Ocean. [6] The Bering Sea is separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska Peninsula.
The Southern limits of the Bering Sea [P 4] and the Gulf of Alaska. [P 5] On the East. The Western limit of Coastal waters of Southeast Alaska and Br. Columbia, [P 6] and the Southern limit of the Gulf of California. [P 7] On the South. The Equator, but excluding those islands of the Gilbert and Galàpagos [sic] Groups which lie to the ...
Bering Sea aerial view, showing Zhemchug Canyon in the center. Zhemchug Canyon (from the Russian жемчуг, "pearl") is an underwater canyon located in the Bering Sea between the Siberian and Alaskan coastlines. It is the deepest submarine canyon in the world with a vertical relief of 8,530 feet (2,600 meters) and a length of 99 miles (160 ...
The Bering Sea — a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, between the U.S. in Alaska and the Russian Far East in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The Aleutian Basin is an oceanic basin located beneath the southwestern Bering Sea. While the northeastern half of the Bering Sea is situated over the North American Plate in relatively shallow waters, the Aleutian Basin comprises an oceanic plate, which is the remaining portion of the Kula Plate that was predominantly subducted beneath the ...
A new satellite mission called the Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission has been proposed to make the first global survey of the topography of all of Earth's surface water—the ocean, lakes and rivers. This study is aimed to provide a comprehensive view of Earth's freshwater bodies from space and more much detailed measurements of the ocean ...
The ocean around Alaska is now becoming inhospitable for several marine species, including red king crab and sea lions, experts say. A warmer Bering Sea is also ushering in new species ...
Major bodies of water include the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Alaska and North Atlantic Ocean. [2] The North American Arctic lies above the Arctic Circle. [3] It is part of the Arctic, which is the northernmost region on Earth. The western limit is the Seward Peninsula and the Bering Strait.