Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska, lying north of the Aleutian Islands and connected with the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun the sea between Siberia and Alaska that is connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Bering Sea.

Examples

  • Another factor is that the Bering Sea is a large, remote, and difficult area to characterize and monitor.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009

  • These remote islands in the Bering Sea were the site of the world's largest rookery of this commercially valuable animal, and the Federal government was prompted in its action primarily due to interest in obtaining revenue from the management of the fur resource.

    History of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System 2007

  • Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude and eastward of the one hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described in Article I of the treaty of 1867 between the United States and Russia, and following that line up to Bering

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872

  • Polar bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and millions of seabirds call the Bering Sea home.

    News 2010

  • Polar bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and millions of seabirds call the Bering Sea home.

    News 2010

  • Polar bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and millions of seabirds call the Bering Sea home.

    News 2010

  • Polar bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and millions of seabirds call the Bering Sea home.

    News 2010

  • Polar bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and millions of seabirds call the Bering Sea home.

    News 2010

  • Polar bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and millions of seabirds call the Bering Sea home.

    News 2010

  • China is aprox. 7000 mile away Russia is only 53 miles across the Bering Sea which is why the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks.

    Knowledge is Power 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.