- Bering Island
Geobox|Island
name = Bering Island
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other_name = Behring Island
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image_caption = Bering Island from space, March 1992
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map_caption= Russia - Time Zones
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footnotes=cite web
title=Russia, RS26, Bering
publisher=GEOnet Names Server ,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
url=http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
format=HTML
accessdate=2008-08-04] Bering Island ( _ru. о́стров Бе́ринга) is located off theKamchatka Peninsula in theBering Sea . At km to mi|90 long by km to mi|24 wide, it is the largest of theCommander Islands with the area of km2 to mi2|1660.This island is desolate and experiences severe weather, but is inhabited— since 1825. [ [http://www.pbs.org/edens/kamchatka/bering_2.html Inhabitants] ] The village of Nikolskoye is home to 800 people, roughly three hundred of them
Aleuts . Bering Island is a treeless island with hills. The island is foggy and is prone to earthquakes. The scant population on the island is involved mostly infishing .Vitus Bering , sailing in "Svyatoy Pyotr" ("St. Peter"), was shipwrecked and died ofscurvy on Bering Island, along with 28 of his men.This island is also less commonly known as the "Floating Island" simply because it "floats" on the
International Date Line .The shores of Bering Island form a natural habitat for
sea otter s. [ [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maik/ruse/2004/00000035/00000006/00499233 Sea otters] ] This island is also famous for its seal rookeries.4 km off Bering Island's NW shore lies small Toporkov Island (Ostrov Toporkov) Coord|55|12|9|N|165|55|59|E|region:RS-26_type:isle_source:GNIS|name=Toporkov Island.cite web
title=Russia, RS26, Toporkov
publisher=GEOnet Names Server ,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
url=http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
format=HTML
accessdate=2008-08-04] It is a round island with a diameter of 800 m.References
General references
* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bering_Sea,_Island_and_Strait Vitus Bering]
* [http://www.kamchatkatourism.com/protected-commander.htm Tourism]External links
*ru icon [http://beringisland.ru/ Commander Islands]
* [http://encarta.msn.com/map_701511009/bering_island.html Map]
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