Diomede Islands

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The Diomede Islands are a pair of small islands in the Bering Strait, split between Russia and the United States and notable for lying on opposite sides of the International Date Line.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diomede Islands canonical 9

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
island
island group
village
alsoKnownAs Ignaluk
Ratmanov Island
climate polar climate
country Russian Federation
linked to: Russia

United States of America
United States of America
countryBorder Russian Federation
linked to: Russia

United States of America
discoveredBy Vitus Bering
discoveryDate 16 August 1728
distanceBetweenIslands about 2.4 miles
about 3.8 kilometers
hasPart Big Diomede
linked to: Big Diomede Island

Little Diomede
hasSettlement Diomede, Alaska
locatedIn Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Bering Strait
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Nome Census Area
between Alaska and Siberia
locatedNear Chukchi Peninsula
Seward Peninsula
locatedOn Little Diomede
mainLanguage English
Inupiaq
namedAfter Diomedes
ocean Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
partOf Bering Sea region
linked to: Bering Sea
population permanent Inupiat community
uninhabited by civilians
region Chukchi Sea area
linked to: Chukchi Sea
separatedBy International Date Line
Russia–United States maritime boundary
state Alaska
timeZone Alaska Standard Time
linked to: Alaska Time Zone

UTC+12
UTC−9
timeZoneDifferenceBetweenIslands approximately 21 hours
usedAs Russian border guard station
symbol of International Date Line
symbol of separation between Russia and the United States

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

Bering Strait contains Diomede Islands
Bering Strait hasIslandGroup Diomede Islands
Bering Sea contains Diomede Islands
Big Diomede Island archipelago Diomede Islands
Little Diomede Island partOf Diomede Islands
Ignaluk partOf Diomede Islands