Diomede Islands

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Di·o·mede Islands (d

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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]

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(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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Big Diomede Island Little Diomede Little Diomede Island			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is tantalizing, that small stretch of water between Uelen, Siberia, and Wales, Alaska, with the two Diomede Islands between them, all seemingly just waiting to be connected. More than a century of work: this tunnel to somewhere is idealistic, ... by Pielli, Brooke / Alaska Business Monthly 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 In 1728, Vitus Bering became the first Westerner to make contact with area Natives when he discovered the Diomede Islands off Alaska's west coast. Western Region: Bethel, Nome & Wade Hampton census areas by Hill, Robin Mackey / Alaska Business Monthly			Diocletian diode diode laser Diodon Diodon holocanthus Diodon hystrix Diodont Diodontidae Diodora apertura Diodorus Siculus Dioecia Dioecian dioecious Dioeciously Dioeciously hermaphrodite Dioeciousness Dioecism dioestrous dioestrual dioestrus Diogenes Diogenes' crab Diogenes' tub Dioicous diol Diomede Islands Diomedea Diomedea exulans Diomedea nigripes Diomedeidae Diomedes Dionaea Dionaea muscipula Dione Dionysia Dionysiac Dionysian Dionysian period Dionysius Dionysius Exiguus Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius the Areopagite Dionysius the Elder Dionysius Thrax Dionysus dioon Diophantine Diophantine analysis Diophantine equation Diophantus diopside			Diogenes’ Cup Diogenis Laertios Diogenite diogenites Diogo Cam Diogo Cão Diogo Pires dioic Dioicous Dioicous Dioicous Dioid Dioikesis Dioikesis Dioikesis DIOK diol diol diol diol Diola diolamine diolefin diolefin hydrogenation Dioleoylphosphatidyl-Choline diols diols Diom Diomed Diomed Diomede Islands Diomedea Diomedea Diomedea exulans Diomedea immutabilis Diomedea nigripes Diomedeidae Diomedeidae Diomedeidae Diomedes Diomedes Diomêdês Diomêdês Diomedes and Sthenelus Diomedes and Troilus Diomid Aleksandrov Diomid Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov Diomycin Diomycin Diomycin Dion Dion (tyrant of Syracuse Dion (tyrant of Syracuse) Dion Boucicault Dion Chrysostom Dion Chrysostom Dion Chrysostomus Dion Chrysostomus Dion Eng Cheerleading School Dion Halicarnassus Dion Halicarnassus

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