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What country outside the North American continent is closest to the US?
Russia is closest. Siberia's easternmost point is just fifty-six miles from Alaska. Actually, in the middle of the Bering Strait, Russia's Big Diomede Island and Alaska's Little Diomede Island are only two miles apart!
What is the Bering Strait?
The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the easternmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the westernmost point of the North American continent. The Bering Strait is the broad channel of ocean (about 53 miles) between Russia and Alaska. More specifically, it lies between Cape Dezhnev, which is the easternmost point (169°43' W) of continental Asia, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the most western point (168°05' W) of North America. Use the link below to see a satellite photo, maps and other information in this approximately 85 kilometer wide stretch of water that lies just below the Arctic circle. The Bering Strait links the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Sea, separating the continents of Asia and North America at their closest point. 20,000 years ago during the ice age, ice formed a bridge between North America and Asia here. Today, it consists of 47 miles of some of the harshest ocean and arctic conditions.
Which continent is nearest to the north pole?
The nearest point of land to the North Pole is the northern tip of Greenland, which is in North America.
Where is 25 N and 122 E?
This lat/long describes the easternmost point of Taiwan
What continent is at 30 degrees north and 105 degrees west?
30 degrees north and 105 degrees west is in Sichuan Province, in China. The point is located southeast of Chengdu.
Where is the vitus bering strait?
The Bering Strait is between Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the easternmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, USA, the westernmost point of the North American continent,
What oceans does the Bering Strait connect?
The Bering Strait is a strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the easternmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the westernmost point of the North American continent. It connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans via the Arctic Ocean.
Is Death Valley the deepest point in this Continent?
Death Valley is the deepest point on the North American continent. You don't say which continent you are on.
What continent is located in the coordinates 30North and 110West?
The point is in Mexico so, the North American continent.
What is the easternmost point of North Carolina?
Rodanthe in Dare County
What continent is 75 degrees north and 45 degrees west?
That point is in the west-central interior of Greenland. Greenland is part of the North American continent.
Which continent is located 80N latitude and 80W longitude?
That point is on Ellesmere Island in northern Canada, on the North American continent.
In which continent is Mt McKinley Alaskathe highest point?
Denali (also known as Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain peak in North America.
What mountain in Alaska is the highest point on the North American continent?
Juneau is the capital city in Alaska.
What is the continent 13 degrees north and 85 degrees west?
That point is in Nicaragua, about 100 miles northeast of Managua, in Central America. This area is part of the North American continent.
What country outside the North American continent is closest to the US?
Russia is closest. Siberia's easternmost point is just fifty-six miles from Alaska. Actually, in the middle of the Bering Strait, Russia's Big Diomede Island and Alaska's Little Diomede Island are only two miles apart!
Eastern most point of New Zealand?
In actuality, the easternmost point of New Zealand is Kahuitara Point, Pitt Island, in the Chatham Islands, which lie about 800km to the east of the main islands of New Zealand. However, on the New Zealand mainland the easternmost point is East Cape, north of Gisborne in the northeast of the North Island.
