What body of water did Bering prove to be a sea route?
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Bering Sea
Caspian Sea
Answer
Bering Sea, named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, is a marginal sea of the North Pacific Ocean located between Alaska and Russia. It is surrounded by the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands to the east, the Kamchatka Peninsula to the west, and the Chukchi Peninsula to the north.
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