Sea
Bering Sea
The 3rd widest of the 17 seas measured in this atlas.
width 1,600 km · 3rd/17
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 2,300,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Maximum depth
- 4,191 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 2,400 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 1,600 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Named after
- Vitus Bering
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 2 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q44725
Among the world's seas
Each line is every one of the seas in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area2,300,000 km²8th of 43 · median 470,000 km²
- Maximum depth4,191 m15th of 50 · median 2,970 m
- Length2,400 km2nd of 10 · median 1,088 km
- Width1,600 km3rd of 17 · median 580 km
Connections
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Neighboring seas