Etymology

Bering Sea

Today it means: The sea between Siberia and Alaska, north of the Pacific Ocean, that is connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Vitus Bering, the first European to systematically explore it.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.