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How wide is the Bering Strait?

The Bering Strait is about 82 km (51 mi) wide.

What is measured: narrowest width between Asia and North America

Bering Strait (82 km) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Mount Everest (8,849 m) and Bering Strait (82 km).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 1.9× the length of a marathon
  • About 9.3× the height of Mount Everest
  • About 30× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
  • About 99× the height of the Burj Khalifa

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Facts about Bering Strait

The Bering Strait separates Russia from Alaska and connects the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Bering Strait”; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “Bering Strait”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Bering Strait
Olympus Mons21.9 km (13.6 mi)0.27×
Fish River Canyon27 km (16.8 mi)0.33×
Grand Canyon29 km (18 mi)0.35×
Lake Tanganyika72 km (44.7 mi)0.88×
Lake Baikal79 km (49.1 mi)0.96×
Bering Strait82 km (51 mi)this page
Socotra130 km (80.8 mi)1.6×
Salar de Uyuni150 km (93.2 mi)1.8×
Lake Victoria240 km (149 mi)2.9×
Vredefort Dome300 km (186 mi)3.7×

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Which is bigger: Bering Strait or Socotra?

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