Big Diomede

Also known as Ratmanov Island, Noonarbook

island in the Bering Strait, Russia

Key facts

Location: Bering Strait
Coordinates: 65°46′52″N 169°03′25″W / 65.78111°N 169.05694°W / 65.78111; -169.05694
Archipelago: Diomede Islands
Area: 29 km (11 sq mi)
Highest elevation: 477.3168 m (1566 ft)
Population: 0 (permanent inhabitants)
Ethnic groups: Iñupiat (formerly)
Time zone: Kamchatka Time – UTC+12

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Part of: Diomede Islands
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Population: 0
Area: 29
Elevation: 449
Time zone: UTC+12:00
Body of water: Bering Sea
Image: Diomede Islands Bering Sea Jul 2006.jpg

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discoverer or inventor: Semyon Dezhnyov
Commons category: Big Diomede

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Encyclopedic overview

Big Diomede Island or Ratmanov Island (Russian: Остров Ратманова, romanized: ostrov Ratmanova; Chukot: Имэлин; Inupiaq: Imaqłiq) is the western island of the two Diomede Islands in the middle of the Bering Strait. The island is home to a Russian military base which is located midway along the island's North shore. The island is a part of the Chukotsky District of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. The border separating Russia and the United States runs north–south through the four-kilometer-wide strait that runs between the two islands.

The island is almost a day ahead of Little Diomede Island because they are separated by the International Date Line; as a result, it is sometimes referred to as Tomorrow Island.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Big Diomede” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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