United States–Russia maritime boundary

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The United States–Russia maritime boundary is the international sea border in the Bering Strait and surrounding waters that divides the territorial and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Russia.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border ⓘ
international maritime boundary ⓘ
sea border ⓘ
adjacentTo Alaska ⓘ
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
affects fisheries jurisdiction in the Bering Sea ⓘ
offshore resource exploitation rights ⓘ
agreedBetween Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U.S.–Russia maritime boundary ⓘ
U.S.–Soviet maritime boundary ⓘ
basedOn 1977 U.S.–U.S.S.R. maritime boundary negotiations ⓘ
borderType maritime boundary ⓘ
countryBorder Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
crosses Bering Strait between Alaska and Chukotka ⓘ
dateAgreed 1990 ⓘ
dateRatified 1991 ⓘ
definedBy 1990 United States–Soviet Union Maritime Boundary Agreement ⓘ
divides exclusive economic zones of the United States and Russia ⓘ
territorial waters of the United States and Russia ⓘ
follows equidistance principle in parts ⓘ
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea principles ⓘ
hasLegalStatus fully implemented by the United States ⓘ
provisionally applied by Russia ⓘ
lengthApprox about 1860 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic region ⓘ
Bering Sea ⓘ
Bering Strait ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
near Big Diomede Island ⓘ
Diomede Islands ⓘ
Little Diomede Island ⓘ
St. Lawrence Island ⓘ
notRatifiedBy Russia ⓘ
partOf United States–Russia border ⓘ
ratifiedBy United States Senate ⓘ
relevantFor navigation in the Bering Strait ⓘ
separates Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
subjectOf United States–Russia maritime delimitation dispute ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Diomede Island → separatedBy → United States–Russia maritime boundary ⓘ
Big Diomede Island → locatedNear → US–Russia maritime boundary ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
Little Diomede Island → separatedBy → United States–Russia maritime boundary ⓘ
Diomede Islands → separatedBy → Russia–United States maritime boundary ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
United States–Russia maritime boundary → definedBy → 1990 United States–Soviet Union Maritime Boundary Agreement ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
United States–Russia maritime boundary → subjectOf → United States–Russia maritime delimitation dispute ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
United States–Russia maritime boundary → alsoKnownAs → U.S.–Russia maritime boundary ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
United States–Russia maritime boundary → alsoKnownAs → U.S.–Soviet maritime boundary ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
Russia–United States border region → governedBy → Russia–United States maritime boundary agreements ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
United States → borderCountry → Russia (maritime boundary) ⓘ
subject linked to: US
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
Soviet Union → bordered → United States (maritime border in Bering Strait) ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary
United States borders → includesBorderRegion → Bering Strait maritime boundary ⓘ
linked to: United States–Russia maritime boundary