Bering region

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The Bering region is a vast area around the Bering Strait linking northeastern Asia and northwestern North America, known as a key corridor for ancient human migration and cultural-linguistic connections between the two continents.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bering Strait region 16
Bering Strait area 1
Bering region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
transcontinental region
borders Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
country Russia
United States
crossedBy International Date Line
hasClimate polar climate
subarctic climate
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing
reindeer herding
subsistence fishing
subsistence hunting
hasEcosystem boreal forest
marine ecosystem
tundra
hasResearchInterest archaeology
climate change impacts
human migration studies
paleoenvironmental studies
importantFor marine mammal migration
trans-Pacific bird migration
includes Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Bering Strait
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Peninsula
Diomede Islands
Seward Peninsula
St. Lawrence Island
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
western Alaska
inhabitedBy Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut

Chukchi people
Inupiat people
linked to: Alaska Natives

Yupik peoples
linked to: Yup’ik people
knownFor Bering land bridge (Beringia) during glacial periods
ancient human migration corridor
cultural connections between Asia and North America
linguistic connections between Asia and North America
locatedIn Bering Strait area
Northeastern Asia
linked to: Northeast Asia

Northwestern North America
partOf Arctic region
Subarctic region
timeZone Alaska Time Zone
Magadan Time Zone
linked to: Magadan Time

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dené–Yeniseian languages associatedWithArea Bering region
Teller, Alaska region Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Nuvuqaghmiit nativeToRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve region Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Native Village of Diomede (tribal government) locatedIn Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
White Mountain, Alaska locatedIn Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Old Bering Sea culture locatedIn Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Arctic Small Tool tradition hasRegion Bering Strait region
subject linked to: Arctic small tool tradition
linked to: Bering region
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 exploredRegion Bering Strait area
linked to: Bering region
Koyuk, Alaska hasCulturalRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Providensky District locatedOn Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Nome Harbor regionServed Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Golovin, Alaska locatedIn Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Brevig Mission, Alaska traditionalRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Dall's porpoise distributionLimit Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Naukan Peninsula marineRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Yuit nativeToRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region
Yupiget ethnicGroupOf Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering region