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Diomede Islands

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Di·o·mede Islands  (d-md)
Two rocky islands in the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. Little Diomede belongs to the United States; Big Diomede, to Russia. The islands were discovered and named by Vitus Bering in 1728.
Diomede Islands [ˈdaɪəˌmiːd]
pl n
(Placename) two small islands in the Bering Strait, separated by the international date line and by the boundary line between the US and Russia


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The arches, with a common footing on the Diomede Islands in the center of the strait, apparently fail only when ice flux switches northward.
Bering ice: no floe flow by Science News
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