Bering Sea — [ber′iŋ, bir′iŋ] [after BERING Vitus] part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia & Alaska: c. 873,000 sq mi (2,261,061 sq km) … English World dictionary
Bering Sea — The Bering (or ImarpikFact|date=April 2008) Sea is a body of water in the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin (the Aleutian Basin) which rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.The Bering… … Wikipedia
Bering Sea and Strait — ▪ sea, Pacific Ocean Introduction Russian Beringovo More and Proliv Beringa, northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating the continents of Asia and North America. To the north the Bering Sea connects with the Arctic Ocean through the … Universalium
Bering Sea Controversy — Be ring Sea Controversy A controversy (1886 93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bering Sea Arbitration — The Bering Sea Arbitration arose out of a fishery dispute between Great Britain and the United States in the 1880s which was closed by this arbitration in 1893.OriginsIn 1867 the United States government purchased from Russia all her territorial… … Wikipedia
Bering Sea Dispute — Dispute between the U.S. and Britain (and Canada) over the international status of the Bering Sea. In an attempt to control seal hunting off the Alaskan coast, the U.S. in 1881 claimed authority over the Bering Sea and the right to seize sealing… … Universalium
Bering Sea Wilderness — Infobox protected area | name = Bering Sea Wilderness iucn category = Ib caption = locator x = 01 locator y = 161 location = Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA nearest city = Hooper Bay, Alaska lat degrees = 60 lat minutes = 25 lat seconds = 24 lat… … Wikipedia
Bering Sea Question — Arose out of a dispute as to the seal fisheries of Bering Sea. Several Canadian sealers were seized by the United States in 1886, on the plea that these waters constituted a mare clausum, or closed sea. Similar seizures were made in 1887 and… … The makers of Canada
Bering Sea beaked whale — Šteinegerio dvidantis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Mesoplodon stejnegeri angl. Bering Sea beaked whale; sabre toothed whale; Stejneger’s beaked whale vok. Steineger’s Zweizahnwal rus. командорский… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
Bering Sea Arbitration — An arbitration held under a treaty between England and the United States in 1893, the award of which was later confirmed by an act of Congress and finally settled the rights of the United States in the waters of Alaska and of Bering Sea, and all… … Ballentine's law dictionary
