What are the coordinates of the Bering Sea?
Q: What are the coordinates of the Bering Sea?
A: The coordinates of the Bering Sea are 58°0′N 178°0′W / 58.000°N 178.000°W / 58.000; -178.000.
Q: What is the basin of the Bering Sea like?
A: The basin of the Bering Sea has deep water which then rises through a narrow slope into shallower water above the continental shelves.
Q: What separates the Bering Sea from the Gulf of Alaska?
A: The Alaska Peninsula separates the Bering Sea from the Gulf of Alaska.
Q: How large is it?
A: The Bering Sea covers over two million square kilometers in area.
Q: Who was Vitus Bering and why is it named after him?
A: Vitus Bering was a Danish navigator in Russian service who in 1728 was the first European to systematically explore it, and so it was named after him as a tribute to his exploration efforts.
Q: What countries does this sea border on?
A: The sea borders on Alaska, Russia's Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula, and also onthe Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands in its south, while its far north is bordered bytheBering Strait which connects it to Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea.
Q: Where does Bristol Bay fit into this picture?
A: Bristol Bay is part of the Bering Sea which separates mainland Alaska fromtheAlaska Peninsula
