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Detailed explanation-1: -Located between Alaska and Russia, the Bering Strait is the only marine gateway between the icy Arctic and the Pacific Ocean. At its narrowest point, the strait is only 55 miles wide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bering Strait, Russian Proliv Beringa, strait linking the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea and separating the continents of Asia and North America at their closest point. The strait averages 98 to 164 feet (30 to 50 metres) in depth and at its narrowest is about 53 miles (85 km) wide.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bering Strait region spans most of Alaska’s Seward Peninsula and the coastal lands of eastern Norton Sound. The region encompasses 23,000 square miles and includes the Seward Peninsula, King Island and Little Diomede Island.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bering land bridge, also called Beringia, connected Siberia and Alaska during the late Ice Age. It was exposed when the glaciers formed, absorbing a large volume of sea water and lowering the sea level by about 300 feet.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bering Strait. noun. a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Slang.