- Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681 in Horsens, Denmark – 8 December 1741 on Bering Island, Russia) was a Danish navigator, known among the...
- Encyclopedia of World Biography on Vitus Bering. ... Vitus Bering was born in the Danish town of Horsens in the summer of 1681.
- The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were all named in his honor.
- Bering, Vitus Jonassen. (in documents, frequently Ivan Ivanovich Bering). ... Vitus Bering was born in 1681 and entered the Russian Navy in 1703.
- Bering; Ivan Ivanovich Bering; Ivan Bering; فيتاس بيرينغ; فيتوس برينغ; فيتاس بيرنغ; Vitus Jonassen Bering; Беринг</nowiki>.
- Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) ( August 1681– December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a...
- Vitus Jonassen Bering was born in the port town of Horsens on the East coast of the Jutland Peninsula, Denmark, and was baptised on August 5, 1681.
- Table of contents # 1 Who is Vitus Bering #2 Why he explored #3 When and where did he explore #4 How did he explore.
- Steller first encountered it on Vitus Bering's Great Northern Expedition when the crew became shipwrecked on Bering Island.
- Bering, Vitus Jonassen vēˈtoos yōˈnäsən bārˈĭng [key], 1681–1741, Danish explorer in Russian employ.