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The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede and Little Diomede) are two rocky
islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and
Siberia.
Straddling international borders as well as the International Date Line, the
islands, 2 mi. (3 km) apart, are the closest land approach between the United
States of America (which controls Little Diomede) and Russia (Big Diomede, also
known as Ratmanov Island). Big Diomede Island is Russia's easternmost point,
while Alaska's Aleutian Islands extend the United States' land further west. |
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Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, who
named it for Helena of Constantinople, the island now known as Saint Helena was
garrisoned by the British during the 17th century. It became famous as the place
of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile, from 1815 until his death in 1821. |
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