Vitus Bering
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Vitus Jonassen Bering, also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish-born Russian cartographer, explorer, and officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, the F
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A portrait once believed to be of Vitus Bering (according to later data, it is probably of his uncle)
1966 Soviet postage stamp depicting Bering's second voyage and the discovery of the Commander Islands
Vitus Bering's expedition being wrecked on the Aleutian Islands in 1741.
Bering Strait
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The Bering Strait is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The present Russia–United States mari
Vitus Bering
…Great Northern Expedition, exploring the northeastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast of the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were all named in his honor. Vitus Bering was born in the port town of Horsens in…
Little Diomede Island (US, left) and Big Diomede Island (Russia, right)