Bering Strait
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The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bering Strait canonical | 43 |
| Bering Strait region | 1 |
| Bering Strait to the east | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T27378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bering Strait Context triple: [Pacific Ocean, connectedVia, Bering Strait]
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A.
Northeast Passage
The Northeast Passage is a sea route along the northern coast of Eurasia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Arctic waters and historically sought as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
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B.
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
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C.
Korea Strait
The Korea Strait is a narrow body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that forms a key maritime passage linking the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Straits of Mackinac
The Straits of Mackinac are a narrow waterway in the U.S. state of Michigan that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separate Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
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E.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a historically significant natural sea passage at the southern tip of South America, separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego and providing a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bering Strait Target entity description: The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
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A.
Northeast Passage
The Northeast Passage is a sea route along the northern coast of Eurasia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Arctic waters and historically sought as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
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B.
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
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C.
Korea Strait
The Korea Strait is a narrow body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that forms a key maritime passage linking the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Straits of Mackinac
The Straits of Mackinac are a narrow waterway in the U.S. state of Michigan that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separate Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
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E.
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan is a historically significant natural sea passage at the southern tip of South America, separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego and providing a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sea passage
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pleistocene human migration ⓘ |
| borderFeatureBetween |
Russia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| climateZone |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic
|
| closestDistanceBetweenContinents | about 82 kilometers between Asia and North America ⓘ |
| connects |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| contains |
Big Diomede Island
ⓘ
Diomede Islands ⓘ Little Diomede Island ⓘ |
| countryOnEastBank |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOnWestBank | Russia ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
International Date Line
ⓘ
maritime boundary between Russia and the United States ⓘ |
| ecologicalImportance |
migration corridor for marine mammals
ⓘ
migration corridor for seabirds ⓘ |
| exploredBy | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | formed by rising sea levels flooding a land bridge ⓘ |
| hasIslandGroup | Diomede Islands ⓘ |
| historicalFeatureNearby | Bering Land Bridge ⓘ |
| historicallySeparated |
Asia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| iceCoverage | seasonal sea ice ⓘ |
| languageOriginOfName | named from Danish explorer Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| locatedIn | between Russia and Alaska ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
boundary of the Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
northern Pacific Ocean
|
| maximumDepth |
about 160 feet
ⓘ
about 50 meters ⓘ |
| minimumWidth |
about 51 miles
ⓘ
about 82 kilometers ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| navigationCondition | often difficult due to ice and weather ⓘ |
| nearbySea |
Bering Sea
ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ |
| oceanCurrentFeature | exchange of water between Pacific and Arctic Oceans ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bering Sea
ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ |
| regionOnWestBank | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ |
| separates |
Asia
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| stateOnEastBank | Alaska ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | shipping route between Arctic and Pacific Oceans ⓘ |
| usedAs |
boundary between Eastern and Western Hemispheres
ⓘ
geographical boundary between Asia and North America ⓘ |
| waterTemperatureCharacteristic | cold ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bering Strait Description of subject: The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Russian Far East
this entity surface form:
Bering Strait to the east
subject surface form:
Vitus Bering