• The Diomede Islands in the BeringSea (picture from space).jpg 900 × 720; 66 KB.
  • Aogashima Island (Japan) is 0.24 times as big as Diomede islands.
  • Big Diomede belongs to Russia and Little Diomede belongs to the US. The International Date Line runs in between the islands and acts as an international border.
  • Big Diomede Island, also known as "Ratmanov Island" in Russian, is a larger island located in the middle of the Bering Strait, about 25 miles (40 km)...
  • The Diomede Islands are often mentioned as likely intermediate stops for a bridge or tunnel spanning the Bering Strait.
  • The islands were both named after the Greek Saint Diomede and discovered by Danish-Russian navigator Vitus Bering on August 16, 1728.
  • The first and last dates of transmission south of the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait (65.75[degrees]N) are termed 'Earliest' and 'Latest,' respectively.
  • Diomede Islands (dī´əmēd), pair of rocky islands in Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
  • During the Cold War, the Bering Strait marked the border between the Soviet Union and the United States, with the Diomede Islands—Big Diomede (Russia)...
  • The Diomede Islands consists of two islands lying in the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia, betwwen the Chukchi and the Seward Peninsula.